But apologists for the emperor continued to dismiss any suggestion that officials had lied to the nation.

For decades, he said, officials lied or withheld the truth about the extent of civilian exposure to nuclear tests and its health consequences.

He also said Soviet officials had lied about the fate of missing Americans.

The Justice Department believes other officials lied about the events surrounding the siege.

Yes, governmental officials lied to the public about the war.

In Washington, officials lie in public and tell the truth off the record.

Of course the officials might be lying, but that seemed unlikely.

Ms. Gallagher writes that public and military officials lied about the effects of the tests.

As if the mass death were not shocking enough, officials at first lied about what had happened.

The point is not that military officials lied; they said the war was being won, and it was.