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To: mph who wrote (17244)	9/22/2004 10:30:56 AM
From: Oeconomicus	Read Replies (1) of 90947

Counselor, did you read Safire this morning? What do you think of his legal reasoning? First, Find the Forger By WILLIAM SAFIRE Published: September 22, 2004 "Whoever, having devised any scheme or artifice to defraud transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio or television communication in interstate or foreign commerce, any writings for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both. " U.S. Criminal Code, Chapter 63, Section 1343. WASHINGTON — At the root of what is today treated as an embarrassing blunder by duped CBS journalists may turn out to be a felony by its faithless sources. Some person or persons conceived a scheme to create a series of false Texas Air National Guard documents and append a photocopied signature to one of them. The perpetrator then helped cause the fraudulent file to be transmitted by means of television communication to millions of voters for the purpose of influencing a federal election. That was no mere "dirty trick"; it could be a violation of the U.S. criminal code. If the artifice had not been revealed by sharp-eyed bloggers, a national election could have been swung by a blatant falsehood. Who was the forger? Did others conspire with him or her to present a seeming government document - with knowledge of its falsity and with intent to defraud . . . nytimes.com

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