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Experts say
Clinton lied repeatedly during his press
conference
By DOUG THOMPSON
Capitol
Hill Blue
President Bill
Clinton lied repeatedly during his Friday
press conference, avoiding the truth when discussing the
China spying scandal, his relationship with his wife and
charges that he raped Juanita Broaddrick, an analysis by
two experts shows.
Capitol Hill Blue hired a psychologist who
treats chronic liars and a private investigator who uses
voice stress analysis to catch liars. They analyzed the
President's press conference live on television and
again on videotape.
Their conclusion: The President lied more often than
he told the truth. Even when he told the nation that he
felt a "scorecard" would show he had been a
good President who had told the truth more often than he
had lied, he was, in fact, lying.
"The President exhibited all the classic
symptoms of pathological prevarication," said Dr.
Stephanie Crossfield, a psychologist who treats people
who have trouble telling the truth. "His eye
movements, gestures, and changes in voice tone all point
to a consistent evasion of the truth."
Jonathan Rensley, a private investigator who used a
voice stress analyzer to monitor the President's
performance during the press conference, agrees.
"In spite of his demeanor, the President's voice
patterns showed unusually high levels of stress,
consistent with someone who is not telling the
truth," Rensley said.
At Capitol Hill Blue's insistence, Dr.
Crossfield and Rensley did not make their judgement
based on one viewing of the President's performance or
by consulting with each other. Both watched the press
conference live, then rechecked their findings by
viewing a full videotape of the press conference on both
Saturday and Sunday to confirm their findings.
Without consulting with each other, they concluded
the President was lying at several points in his press
conference, including:
- His claim that he believed the Los Alamos case
of sensitive nuclear secrets being turned over to
China was an "isolated" case.
- His claim that investigations of such incidents
at the national labs had not turned up any evidence
of espionage.
- His claim that he and the First Lady are trying
to work out their problems.
- His statement that she had suggested more than a
year ago that they should live in New York after his
term was complete.
- His claim that he believed history would judge
him fairly because a "scorecard" would
show he had told the truth more often than he had
lied.
- His claim that he had exhausted all available
options on Kosovo.
- His claim that he had not talked with Fed
Chairman Alan Greenspan about replacing Treasury
Secretary Robert Rudin.
Dr. Crossfield said the eyes usually give even the
best liars away.
"Eye movement is difficult to control," she
said. "The eyes dart away in specific patterns when
a person is not telling the truth. The President's eyes
dart a lot."
"We love each other very much and we're working
at it," Clinton said of his wife and their
problems. Dr. Crossfield said Clinton's eye movement
indicated lying when he said he loved his wife.
Rensley's voice stress analyzer said the same thing.
And even though the President refused to answer ABC
newsman Sam Donaldson's question of his guilt of the
charges of rape by Arkansas businesswoman Juanita
Broaddrick, both said Clinton's demeanor suggested he
was hiding something.
"His eyes looked away in a pattern that is
consistent with evasion and concealment," said Dr.
Crossfield. "His body language was not that of a
man who was being truthful."
Likewise, Rensley's voice stress analyzer said the
President was lying when he said: "There's been a
statement made by my attorney. He speaks for me, and I
think he spoke quite clearly."
"He's hiding something serious. If I were
conducting this test on a potential employee for a
client, I would advise against hiring the person because
he can't be trusted."
The White House did not return phone calls seeking
comment on this report. | 
