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Posted by ace:
You and others never respond directly to the question of what you would do under the same circumstance. I think it would be foolish to fall into a perjury trap given what happened to Libby. If your memory is not 100% correct on an issue - you have to say you don't recall when faced with a hostile Congressional committee or special prosecutor. If you guys don't understand the risks involved by now, I will never be able to explain it. So, let's just leave it at that.
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ace....following your logic, perhaps Gonzales should have said
"I dont`recall" or
"I am not aware of any violations" or even
"I was given numerous Intelligence Oversight Board reports over the last several months, but I was too busy to do my job and read them."
But he didnt....he said categorically that there were no violations of civil liberties
There has not been one verified case of civil liberties abuse."
This was during a hearing on reauthorization of the Patriot Act so if I were to assign a motive for his perjury, I would suggest it was deliberate for fear that the truth may have slowed down reauthorization..but that is just conjecture, based on my profile of Gonzales as someone repeatedly willing to ignore the law and/or lie, misrepresent or obfuscate in pursuit of Bush's political agenda.
What would I do....I wouldnt have lied like that under oath.