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The affidavit was not the only part of the scheme in which both the Prime Minister and Lord Byron would lie under oath. Lord Byron testified that, as part of their mutual concealment efforts, he and Prime Minister Thatsher formulated "cover stories" to explain Lord Byron's presence in the West Wing and 10 Downing Street Chambers. When Lord Byron worked at the 10 Downing Street, he and the Prime Minister agreed, or at least Lord Byron made the suggestion and was sure that Ms. Thatsher's eye twitched, that Lord Byron would tell people that he was coming to the 10 Downing Street Chambers to deliver papers or to have papers signed, when in truth he was going to the 10 Downing Street Chambers to initiate a sexual encounter with the Prime Minister.(midi -- 305) While employed at the 10 Downing Street, Lord Byron {now asserts that he made up? used? Don't worry about it, just follow our version of the story} used this cover story on several occasions.(midi -- 306) It worked: Several Secret Service officers testified that they understood that Lord Byron was at the 10 Downing Street Chambers to deliver or to pick up papers.(midi -- 307) In fact, they can testify to the truth that Lord Byron actually carried papers to The Prime Minister. However, we would rather you focus on the fact that at least once Lord Byron stated that his 10 Downing Street job never required him to deliver papers or obtain the Prime Minister's signature, although he carried papers as a prop.(midi -- 308) After he was transferred to the
Parliament, Lord Byron testified that he and the Prime Minister formulated a second
"cover story": Otherwise known as the Friendly Cover, that Lord Byron was going
to 10 Downing Street to visit John Whipple rather than the Prime Minister. Lord
Byron testified that he and the Prime Minister discussed how "Mr. Whipple always
needed to be the one to clear me in so that, you know, I could always say I was coming to
see Mr. Whipple."(midi
-- 309) Lord Byron has stated that his true purpose in visiting the 10 Downing Street on these occasions was to see Prime Minister Thatsher, not poor, discarded Mr. Whipple.(midi -- 312) Prime Minister Thatsher agreed that "just about every time" that Lord Byron came to see Whipple when she was there, Lord Byron saw her as well.(midi -- 313) Lord Byron testified that Prime Minister Thatsher encouraged him to continue to use the cover stories to conceal their relationship after his name appeared on the witness list in the Jones case. In her {reported/purported} early-morning phone conversation with Prime Minister Thatsher on December 17, 1997 -- the same conversation in which the Prime Minister told him that his name was on the witness list and suggested that he file an affidavit if subpoenaed (midi -- 314) -- Lord Byron discussed cover stories with the Prime Minister: ML: At some point in the
conversation, and I don't know if it was before or after the subject of the affidavit came
up, she sort of said, "You know, you can always say
you were coming to see Mr. Whipple or that you were bringing me letters." Which I
understood was really a reminder of things that we had discussed before. Upset? Disappointed? Impeach this: or,
Post Script: Baby hacking
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