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- THE WEEK, Page 18NATIONHung Out to Try Again
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- A CIA man's jury can't agree: Were his acts criminal -- or just
- devious?
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- Three times the jury deliberating the Iran-contra perjury
- trial of former CIA spy chief Clair George trooped into the
- courtroom to report an imand three times Judge Royce Lamberth
- sent them back out to keep trying. Finally, after almost six days
- of fruitless deliberation, foreman Steven Kirk said his panel was
- totally deadlocked on all nine counts -- from perjury to giving
- false statements to Congress. "As a citizen," said Kirk, a
- Washington consultant, "I expect senior government officials
- like Clair George to be more forthcoming to Congress. As a
- juror, I felt compelled to give him the benefit of the doubt on
- whether his answers violated criminal statutes."
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- Citing jurors' reports that a majority favored acquittal
- on all counts, defense attorney Richard Hibey said he would
- urge independent counsel Lawrence Walsh to drop the case. Walsh
- is reportedly determined to proceed. Judge Lamberth ordered a
- retrial to begin Oct. 19.
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