This weekend, on one of the Sunday talk shows, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson, announced that she hoped the special prosecutor would pursue the case (release of classified information) on its merits and not on some spurious side charge like perjury or obstruction. Further, she attempted to redefine perjury by implying that perjury can include forgetting to disclose information and needing to go back and re-clarify information.
Now I am no lawyer (and I am sure she is), but it seems to me that perjury is lying under oath. Last I checked, lying is willful deception.
If someone in the administration, up to and including the President, can be found guilty of perjury or obstruction, the federal government has every right and need to pursue the toughest remedy possible to prevent the violation from occuring again.
Further, it is somewhat disingenuous that Senator Hutchinson would preclude a charge of perjury or obstruction when those are the precise charges that caused President Clinton's impeachment.
It just goes to show you that you can't trust a politician. Because like you or I, for the most part, politicians strive to keep their jobs.
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