On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Daniel C. <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Merrill Oveson <[email protected]> wrote: >> But what about James Clapper? Shouldn't he be put on trial for perjury? >> When someone lies to congress, that someone has lied to the American >> people. Why isn't the Justice Department aggressively pursuing James >> Clapper? I just don't get it! > > Good point. Is addressing Congress the same as testifying in court? > At the very least he should lose his job, for symbolic reasons if > nothing else.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1621 I assume there is "a law of the United States [which] authorizes an oath to be administered" for testifying before Congress. But searching the USC (again) is boring. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
