But they tried to mislead the people.

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In a vintage display of blame-America-firstism, Rep. McDermott went so far as to declare: "I think the president would mislead the American people" about the justifications for going to war with Iraq.

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To achieve that goal, the President willfully sought to mislead the American people by claiming, falsely, the sequester was a Republican idea when, as we now know thanks to the reporting of Bob Woodward, it originated inside his senior staff.

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And polls show a majority of Americans think the president did mislead the American people.

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The Lib Dems said it was "deeply disappointing Gordon Brown is using Sally Anne Bowman's terrible murder to mislead people about the DNA database".

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But even if he did not purposefully mislead people about the nature of the threat from Saddam Hussein, he is still in danger, almost regardless of whether Iraq now becomes a prosperous democracy or peace breaks out in the Middle East.

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But Gingrich's attorneys said he never intended to mislead the committee and argued it is common for people to work with both partisan and non-profit organizations.

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The BBC's home affairs correspondent Matt Prodger says critics of the website believe mapping crime can alarm and mislead people.

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