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On Whether the Martha Stewart Guilty Verdict Carries Implications for Those Involved in Prewar Intelligence Gathering

When federal authorities come by, It's criminal if you concoct a lie. The Feds don't think that lies are okey-dokey. Will Chalabi, then, soon be in the pokey?

Calvin Trillin

March 11, 2004

When federal authorities come by, It’s criminal if you concoct a lie. The Feds don’t think that lies are okey-dokey. Will Chalabi, then, soon be in the pokey? He plainly slipped the CIA some whoppers Much larger than those Martha told the coppers. Well, no, this liar won’t be brought to book. Although they knew their Ahmad was a crook, His neoconnish sponsors wouldn’t check Those weapons legends that were plainly dreck. One shrewd defense for him would work, it’s clear: “I only tell them what they want to hear.”

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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