In 2002, Likely Attorney General Nominee Ted Olson Said It's Okay to Lie to US Public! [View All]

Check this out. From a Sydney Morning Herald article in 2002:

The United States Government's top lawyer has said that officials have the right to lie to American citizens, telling the US Supreme Court that misleading statements are sometimes needed to protect foreign policy interests.

"It's easy to imagine an infinite number of situations where the government might legitimately give out false information," the Solicitor-General, Theodore Olson, told the court on Monday.

"It's an unfortunate reality that the issuance of incomplete information and even misinformation by government may sometimes be perceived as necessary to protect vital interests."


Lying to the public is all right, says Washington's chief lawyer
By Mark Helm
Sydney Morning Herald
March 20, 2002
http://www.citizenreviewonline.org/mar_2002/lying_to_the_public_okay.htm


After Attorney General Gonzales, isn't this the last thing we need? Please help spread this through the blogosphere. We need to make sure this comment of his should come back and bite him in the ass. A lot of politicians lie, but Olson is quite unique in freely admitting that he would lie when asked to.