Yet, according to Dukakis, Cushing's conduct at the time was a "great act of statesmanship".
American army officer Nathan Hale had a relatively short career as a spy during the American Revolution, but he is best known for his conduct at the time of his execution.
The revelations about Lord Archer's conduct at the time of his libel case against the Daily Star have forced the Conservatives to drop him as their candidate for the post of London mayor.
One witness claimed that Cuevas had urinated into the can, under the cover of a towel, but Wimbledon officials said on Monday night that "no urination was involved" although a code violation was issued for unsportsmanlike conduct at the time.
The first report brought widespread, bipartisan criticism of the Justice Department, which defended its conduct at the time, saying that it "made no apologies for finding every legal way possible to protect the American public from further attacks".
That same unspoken horror of unnamed "unnatural" deviant conduct leads to Carpenter's most fascinating revelation: the arresting officers in the Lawrence case never agreed on what they saw that night, and, in fact, reported seeing completely different conduct at the time.
