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Source: http://nytimes.com/2003/02/06/opinion/06SAFI.html
"Irrefutable and Undeniable"
(New York Times)William Safire - It isn't the crime that gets you - it's the cover-up. Defenders of Saddam Hussein demanded absolute smoking-gun proof of illegal Iraqi possession of terror weaponry. Contrary to UN Resolution 1441, which demanded active Iraqi cooperation in demonstrating disarmament, Saddam's protectors place the burden of proof on the U.S. To their surprise, Colin Powell made the case, with a half-dozen smoking guns, of a huge Iraqi cover-up. In criminal law, that obstruction of justice would be called hiding incriminating evidence, spying on law enforcement officials, and intimidating witnesses.