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...White House answer has been an adamant no. Indeed, so far the evidence indicates little if any wrongdoing by Administration officials in the entire Billy affair, although the President showed a lack of judgment in doing too little too late about Billy's Libyan venture...
...only one stamped CONFIDENTIAL, was sent at the end of Billy's five-day visit to Tripoli. It reported: "There has been no negative fallout from Billy Carter's visit... We would rate it a very positive event which has opened some doors [in the Libyan government] for this embassy and raised the morale of the American community...
...only did this new evidence contradict what Billy had told Lisker and the FBI, but also what he had said in his official declaration when he registered last month as a Libyan agent. Billy then stated that he had received a Libyan "loan" in January-not December. Lisker said last week that these discrepancies "call into question the veracity of his entire registration statement." If the Justice Department can prove that Billy was trying to conceal something when he made the false statements, he could be sent to prison for up to five years and fined $10,000. At week...
Meanwhile, prompted by Billy's new inconsistencies, the Justice Department stepped up its own investigation. Lisker noted that all the major facts were now out in the open regarding the department's investigation of Billy's delay in registering as a Libyan agent. But Lisker warned that "there are other matters, unrelated to Billy's registration statement, but involving some of the same people," that are going to be probed. One area of investigation could be the contacts the department had with the White House over Billy and Libya. An other could be a search...
...pocket. "Ben was wearing green golf pants and a yellow shirt open at the neck, and I had on my jogging outfit. Ben told me I shouldn't ask him about the investigation or why he thought it was a good idea for Billy to register as a Libyan agent. So I didn...