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Yahoo! Accused of Lying to Congress about Chinese Journalist

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the summon-the-yang dept.

verybadradio writes "The House Committee on Foreign Affairs is calling Yahoo! chief executive Jerry Yang to a hearing on 6 November to explain why the company lied to Congress in early 2006 about its knowledge of the investigation into Chinese journalist Shi Tao."

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  1. They'll take a page from the ISPs by techpawn · · Score: 1, Funny

    Send a letter saying "We'd tell you, but, we don't want to make ourselves look any worse".

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    Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what your country did to you
  2. Re:have we learned nothing from our leaders? by faloi · · Score: 2, Funny

    "I did not have sexual relations with that government!"

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    "It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." -Albert Einstein