Annoyingly, Think Progress has a post up headlined "DNI McConnell: I Lied To The Senate" that states "McConnell unapologetically acknowledged he lied to the Senate." (Matthew Yglesias also accuses McConnell of "lying to Congress.") Their proof? A statement (PDF) in which McConnell contradicted his previous testimony and clarifies that "information contributing to the recent [terror arrests in Germany] was not collected under authorities provided by the Protect America Act." While McConnell should have gotten it right the first time, we just can't know if he "lied" or just made a mistake. Have you ever testified under oath for hours on the Hill?
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September 13, 2007
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No, I haven't testified before Congress.
But, if I had and my strategy was to try that I'd make sure there weren't people around who could say that I got the story wrong, and prove it.
But, maybe that's me.
Posted by: Lettuce | September 14, 2007 at 11:01 PM