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Monday, February 6, 2006 12:00 AM

The Scooter Libby case: Lies or just a bad memory?

Libby's lawyer says his client doesn't have "perfect recall." Then why did he act like he did?
Tim Grieve

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Monday, February 6, 2006 01:37 PM

Lies and the lying liars that tell them

Well, one does not get to be chief of staff to the second-most (theoretically) powerful office in the land while sporting a faulty memory... I guess then, Scooter, you are a liar.

—mike in Seattle

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Monday, February 6, 2006 02:02 PM

Perjury

Does it really matter whether he remembered properly or not, given that he made manifestly untrue statements under oath? Is there actually a prosecutorial requirement to prove intent to lie in such cases?

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