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Wash Post says Bush briefed Senate with this info this morning. Here's what Sen. Biden said: "If I had this evidence before a jury that was an unbiased jury, I could get a conviction."
1,198 posted on 02/05/2003 8:54:34 AM PST by 11th_VA
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Here's what Sen. Biden said: "If I had this evidence before a jury that was an unbiased jury, I could get a conviction."

To get a criminal conviction, you need to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. In foreign affairs, it's often necessary to operate with much less certainty than that. But Powell's speech may have met the proof beyond a reasonable doubt standard.

1,263 posted on 02/05/2003 8:59:39 AM PST by aristeides
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