Thursday, April 08, 2004
A taxonomy of lying
From CNN here, Rutgers law professor Sherry Kolb:
This quote stings:
The news hook is Condi testifying under oath. I wonder why?
This quote stings:
Suppose that -- as many suspect has already occurred with respect to the Iraq War -- our executive branch officials lie to the American people in order to motivate important votes, and those lies lead to unnecessary and unwanted death and injury.
In that case, such lies, whether under oath or not, should be treated as the crimes that they are and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
The news hook is Condi testifying under oath. I wonder why?