Word: misleads
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...telling the truth to the Congress and the American people," he said, ticking off a litany of the affair in which he said a secret supply network was established to aid the Contra rebels, arms were sold covertly to Iran and some administration officials made efforts to mislead Congress about their activities...
...perhaps its most comforting finding for Ronald Reagan, the board concluded that "he did not intend to mislead the American public, or cover-up unlawful conduct." This was despite such televised claims by the President as "we did not trade arms for hostages" and all the weapons sent to Iran were defensive and "could fit in one plane." Unfortunately, the panel makes it relentlessly clear that the President's appalling lack of understanding about what was really occurring in no way vindicates him or his Administration. Indeed, that is the most damning indictment...
...meticulous Australian filmmaker was carried away by his own obsession. From his first success (Picnic at Hanging Rock) to his last (Witness), Weir has been at pains to dislocate rationality, placing representatives of Western "civilization" in primitive contexts, where their normal habits of mind and behavior can only mislead them. Doubtless he saw Allie as a bracing variant on his favorite sort of central figure. Perhaps Weir saw in this sacred monster the makings of dark comedy; Allie is a compendium of the cliches of liberaloid social criticism, rich in potential self-parody. For besides creating an Eden...
...Administration readily acknowledged its policy to mislead Gaddafi as to U.S. intentions -- a deception the President endorsed. "We would just as soon have Mr. Gaddafi go to bed every night wondering what we might do," said Reagan. Secretary of State George Shultz agreed. "Frankly, I don't have any problems with a little psychological warfare against Gaddafi," said he. Citing the example of Winston Churchill's efforts to mislead the Nazis about the site of the D-day landings during World War II, the Secretary said of the situation with Libya, "We don't have a declaration...
...Misleading Gaddafi was one thing, but what troubled Washington's press corps was the idea that it had been duped as well. Wall Street Journal Managing Editor Norman Pearlstine stood by the basic thrust of his paper's story: that the U.S. believed Libya had resumed sponsoring terrorist acts, and was exploring ways of deterring Gaddafi. But Pearlstine "deplored" the Administration's "attempt to mislead the Journal and its readers" about the "likelihood of employing some of these options." A New York Times editorial summarized the reasons for the journalistic outrage: "All media, all Americans, are vulnerable because they must...