The spectacle in Parliament this week, when MPs grilled Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger and invited UK authorities to lay out a criminal case they may be preparing to bring against the Guardian and its journalists, was a reminder of journalism's most essential role: telling truth to – and about – the people and institutions that wield and often abuse power.
Obviously in these situations evidence obtained may possibly lay a witness open to criminal charges.
We have police here and we have Rangers (paramilitary) here but they won't lay a hand on the criminals," he told AFP. "So the people are compelled to have themselves secured by having their own personal bodyguards and armored vehicles".
They can now strongly suggest to the jury, for example, that she has financial reasons to lie, since a criminal conviction would help her win in civil court.
Misusing a Social Security number or lying about a criminal record can result in up to five years in prison, while illegally re-entering the country after being deported for a serious felony is punishable by up to 20 years.
There is nothing in the nature of the cases which should make a difference; nor is it a novel doctrine that a writ of error should lie in a criminal case.
But beyond lies a Russia where criminal gangs prey, potholes gape, and the next place southbound for a decent cup of coffee is Turkey.In the past three years more than 50 Finnish trucks have been hijacked between Vyborg and Moscow, two drivers have been killed and two have gone missing.
Mr Carman: "Far from being an innocent man, the position, in truth, is this: you are a desperate man who in your view has nothing to lose by trying to persuade this jury that Mr Al Fayed, and these other witnesses who have been called, are all lying, and lying pursuant to a criminal conspiracy". Mr Hamilton: "I'm not at all desperate, Mr Carman.
Another woman from Die Linke throws a quote of Bertolt Brecht at Göring-Eckardt: "Who does not know the truth is simply a fool, yet who knows the truth and calls it a lie is a criminal".
At worst, she will be accused of knowing more than she let on and lying to Congress, a criminal offence.
