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...agree that it was due to my interference that the window was broken, but I was reacting to his actions,” he said. “If he had not taken his course of action, I would not be in the position to defend the honor of my female colleague and to defend my male colleague...
...though, the few U.S. soldiers stationed in Monrovia to defend the embassy are greeted not with cheers but with shaking fists. "To a certain degree, the Americans have already blown it," says a Western aid worker in Liberia. If the U.S. intervenes, he says, "rather than saying thank you, Liberians will be saying, 'It's about time.'" Unless, as many in the international community fear, they're saying it's too late. --With reporting by Massimo Calabresi and Eric Roston/Washington
...case will be argued on this "evidence." But in any rape case, the accuser is also on trial. Perhaps for this reason, Hurlbert talked with the young woman for a long time before deciding to prosecute her allegation. He had to be convinced that she was strong enough to defend herself...
...identity should by no means be released without her permission. However, I know that if the media were saying things about me that simply weren't true, I would have to stand up and defend myself. However, the release of such information, true or not, taints the pool in which possible jurors can be found for a trial. She's been made to look like a gold digger and attention getter, and she may not be at all. She may just be a victim of a horrible crime. Only time will tell. Stephanie Crawford Virginia...
...They're too dead to defend themselves." JOHN PERRY BARLOW, friend of John F. Kennedy Jr., on a new book making gossipy allegations about troubles between Kennedy and his wife Carolyn before their death in a plane crash...