NYT Reporting [Was: Vietnam and What else Blumenthal said]

[Joel S. Berson]

At 5/21/2010 01:27 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC wrote:

>Your idea of what a lie is is different than mine.  To me, there must me
>an attempt to deceive before it could be characterized as a lie.
>Otherwise, it's just a misstatement or a mistake.

The same is true of many crimes, for which a conscious intent to
commit the act must be proven.

Joel

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