Won't this mean either Powell or Clarke will have committed perjury?

[Sliverofhope]

Colin Powell is saying they went after alQaeda from the start. Clarke will say his story. But since both will be sworn in, doesn't this mean they could be committing perjury? Or can you not do that in front of a panel?

Anyone have any ideas?

[xultar]

1. Depends on how you define PERJURY... n/t

[cspiguy]

2. yeah - would be great justice if we got pukes on "perjury". 400 POSTS YAY!

considering the hassle they gave WJC for so many years... :eyes:

[specimenfred1984]

3. Powell will Lie with Impunity

Laws only work if enforced. That's probably not the legal wrangling you wanted to hear but in the big picture, that's what's going on.

The cons will let cons lie.

[tom_paine]

4. Of COURSE Colon Foul is committing perjury!

That is one of his prime functions for his Bushevik Masters, since long before that laughable tissue of lies he vomited all over the UN.

In Imperial Amerika, though, perjury by Imperial Family & their Stooges such as Foul is perfectly "legal".

[blm]

13. Powell has been covering up for Bush and cronies since Vietnam.

He cranked it up by covering up their illegal wars in Central and South America.

He will NEVER betray the BFEE because he is one of them. And his evil spawn, too.

[tom_paine]

17. He got his start covering up the My Lai Massacre

I have no doubt that was when he was noticed by the Busheviks, who undoubtedly liked the ease with which he lied and covered up.

The cherry on top, of course, was that this corrupt toady was African-American and thus could be used as a "Trojan Horse" to help them destroy Free America.

[Zero Gravitas]

5. A memeber of the George II Administration telling lies?

to the public? under oath?

Imagine that.

[prodigal_green]

6. Powell flushed his credibility

down the crapper the day he went before the UN and said we had proof of WMD.

[Cronus Protagonist]

7. King George's House Slave cannot tell a lie

/sarcasm

http://brainbuttons.com/home.asp?stashid=13

[bedtimeforbonzo]

8. Mansoor Ijaz

has started beating up on Clarke, calling him a liar.

Fucking lackey.

[chelsea0011]

9. With Powell under oath, they should have asked him about his sex life

Then go after him for perjury. It's the American way.

[rock]

10. These sound like characterizations to me

In other words, they're just opinions. It's hard to get someone on an opinion, even if it's wrong.

[Penndems]

11. It wasn't Clarke, I can guarantee you that

N/T

[SoCalDem]

14. Did I miss Clarke??

I fell asleep.. damn it :(

[Penndems]

15. Nope, he's not on until tomorrow around 2:00

but, as I mentioned in a previous post, I worked with Dick Clarke at the State Department in the early 1990s, and his integrity in unimpeachable. :)

[Jacobin]

12. Double jeopardy could save Colon

He's lied so often (I'm thinking UN speech here) that people would probably indict him for telling the fucking truth.

[robbedvoter]

16. Powell lied at the UN - ans his entire life really - Mai Lai massacre

I have no idea why people still respect him - oops - I do! He's the media darling like a few other a*holes.