DSK: He Said, She Said
(The Nation)
<p>The Nation — The prosecutors did what they had to do when they dropped the charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn. As they wrote in their motion to dismiss, Nafissatou Diallo had told too many untruths, and told them too persuasively. Supporters have put forward explanations for her shifting stories?rape trauma, mistranslation, distrust of the DA?s office, fear of job loss and even deportation?but what comes through the motion to dismiss is that the prosecutors just got fed up. It wasn?t just that they didn?t think they could get a conviction with such a flawed complainant. It was that they themselves had lost confidence in her: ?the nature and number of the complainant?s falsehoods leave us unable to credit her version of events beyond a reasonable doubt, whatever the truth may be about the encounter between the complainant and the defendant. If we do not believe her beyond a reasonable doubt, we cannot ask a jury to do so.?</p> <p> I still think it is more likely that DSK attacke
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