On Fri, 21 May 1999, Roberto Gaetano wrote:

> Eberhard,
> 
> You wrote:
> 
> > The way I read the notes Mr Simms said under oath (in front of a
> > Congressional Committee) he didn't do it, whereas he later said he
> > did it.
> > 

> As I said before, the "it" in the first part of the sentence is a different
> thing of the "it" in the second part. Joe did "one thing" and didn't do
> "another thing".

That depends on what the meaningot *IT* is :-)-O
 
> > That would seem to me to be perjury. Which used to be a crime.
> > 
> I am not a lawyer, but from what I have read recently the concept of perjury
> in the US is rather flexible... ;>)

There you go :-)-O

 
> Back to the serious side of your statement, if somebody among the many
> recipients of this thread is convinced that Joe Sims committed perjury,
> there's only one thing to do: take him to court.

It's my understanding that only the Committee can do that. 


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