Next time try Googling...
United States Code Title 18 Section 1001
False Statements, Concealment -- 18 U.S.C. § 1001
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/ts_search.pl?title=18&sec=1001
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/crm00903.htm
Chip Berlet Senior Analyst Political Research Associates Webmaster http://www.publiceye.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: R [mailto:rhisiart at charter.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 5:12 PM
> To: LBO-Talk
> Subject: [lbo-talk] False Statement Statute
>
>
> i have an question for the list's attorneys. in his book
> Imperial America,
> Gore Vidal cites a law he calls the "False Statement
> Statute." Title 18,
> Section 1001. he doesn't say of what Code. let me quote his cite:
>
> "whoever, in any manner within the jurisdiction of the
> executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government
> of the United States, knowingly and willfully (1) falsifies,
> conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme or device a
> material fact; (2) makes any materially false, fictitious, or
> fraudulent statement or representation; or (3) makes or uses
> any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or
> representation; or (4) makes or uses any false writing or
> document knowing the same to contain any materially false,
> fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry.."
>
> is in violation of Title 18, Section 1001.
>
> are you gentlemen familiar with this statute? could you say
> where it comes from and how it's applied? any analysis,
> details and background would be appreciated.
>
> R
>
>
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