Word: oath
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Lying to Congress. McFarlane, North and Poindexter have admitted that they chose to mislead Congress in letters and statements about their activities in support of the contras. Although North was not under oath when he gave false testimony, all three men could be charged with making false statements to a Government agency...
Then there is the question of how much of what North says under oath ought to be believed. He has already been caught in a lie he told to Justice Department investigators before he was fired from the NSC staff last fall, and doubts about his testimony to Congress may eventually have to be resolved by a trial jury. Though North will testify under a grant of limited immunity, which ensures that nothing truthful he says this week can be used against him, he can still be prosecuted on the basis of other evidence collected by Independent Counsel Lawrence Walsh...
...Bell considered this proviso unconstitutional, as the Supreme Court subsequently ruled, but at the time, Capitol Hill Democrats led by O'Neill seemed more eager to fight than be right. "They almost wanted to be co-President," Bell recalled the other day. "If a President is faithful to his oath, he must resist...
Such is the litany of sins which made my time at Harvard more bearable. Of course, if put under oath, I deny everything. Lies, all lies. But just in case, I'll be out of here before they can double-check...
...North told Congress last June, under oath, that he barely knew Owen. In fact, as Owen's testimony to the congressional Iran-contra investigators establishes, the two had been working together closely for two years. At the end of his testimony, Owen read a paean canonizing his mentor. Sample line: ". . . at crude altars in the jungle, candles burn...