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To: DPB101
This is the David Brock situation. Brock says "I lied for the right-wing." But was he lying then or is he lying now? Brock admits was willing to lie then for his rightist convictions maybe he's perfectly capable of lying today for his leftist beliefs. So it is with Greenglass.

But the crucial thing for Greenglass now is that his testimony helped send his sister to the electric chair. Whether she was guilty of espionage or not, he's probably carrying a lot of guilt that he has to resolve in some way or other, especially if he'd been led to believe that she would have been spared. Even if she was guilty, David Greenglass might feel like he's the one who's done something wrong that he needs to atone for.

41 posted on 06/19/2003 7:01:26 PM PDT by x
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I saw him speak on the History channel and he sounds almost flip about it.You are looking for a conscience that wasn't there when he betrayed his country or his sister.That he lies has been established by his actions.Who can tell when and why!I don't think he minds making the prosecution look bad.Brock almost comes off as someone who has converted and joined a cult.
42 posted on 06/19/2003 7:10:07 PM PDT by MEG33
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Brock admits was willing to lie then for his rightist convictions maybe he's perfectly capable of lying today for his leftist beliefs. So it is with Greenglass.

that doesn't make any sense. if the admission of a lie is a lie, then he didn't lie previously, which makes him not a liar, which makes the admission of a lie the truth, which means he did lie previously, and so on on. that logic is inconclusive -- its infinitely circular.

58 posted on 06/19/2003 7:53:53 PM PDT by Emma
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