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Article: Many land mines on road to Irish peace; rumors, scandals distract from real story of terrorism. (Northern Ireland)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- December 17, 1993
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The word "scandal" dominated the headlines describing the British government's admission it had lied to Parliament when it denied talking to IRA terrorists. Nobody stopped to notice that the "admission" was itself a lie. Parliament had known about the talks all the time, as was clear from comments by Northern Ireland members.
What had really happened was that the government had lied to the British public. And within a few days persuasive evidence emerged that the admission of lying was itself, in part, fabricated. So what else is new? Don't governments lie to their citizens all the time?
Was all the talk of scandal designed to ...