FYI.

Many people lie under oath. Not many of them get caught. But of the ones who do, there are legal repurcussions of lying under oath. Lying to Congress while under oath is a big deal legally, and can get you jail time. Which is why Republican Senate Majority Leader Frist's first response to Clarke's testimony was to accuse him of perjuring himself. That charge will never stick legally, of course. But that wasn't why he made the charge. He made the charge in the hope it would stick to Clarke in the public's eye. It played very well on Faux News and in the Washington Times, I hear.

In the courtroom where I just served jury duty, no one was sworn in using a Xtian bible, nor were they required to take the oath by saying "so help me God".