IP: New Slogan in Washington: Watch What You Say

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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It is a sign of the times that Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld 
stood at a Pentagon podium last month and cited Winston Churchill's famous 
words that "in wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be 
attended by a bodyguard of lies." Mr. Rumsfeld, who has repeatedly said 
from the same podium that disclosing classified information is not only 
dangerous but against federal law, added that he did not "intend to" lie to 
the press about present and future military operations.

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It is a more bizarre sign of the times that Mr. Rumsfeld told reporters 
three times as he uttered Churchill's words that he did not want to be 
quoted — as he was appearing live on CNN.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/07/national/07PRES.html



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