As I mentioned below, the co-author of the book attacking John Kerry's war record, John O'Neill, is an attorney, who practices law out of Houston, Texas. It now seems that he may have gotten himself into a little bit of trouble with his storytelling, particularly in his efforts to discredit John Kerry's claim that as a Swift Boat captain, he could have ever received an assignment in Cambodia. By denying that he (O'Neill) had ever been inside Cambodia, a tale which subsequently became "no longer operative" after the release of one of the Nixon Tapes showed he had admitted in the Oval Office to doing just that, he may have run afoul of Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, Section 8.02(a), which states as follows:

A lawyer shall not make a statement that the lawyer knows to be false or with reckless disregard as to its truth or falsity concerning the qualifications or integrity of a judge, adjudicatory official or public legal officer, or of a candidate for election or appointment to judicial or legal office.

Among the disciplinary measures that the State Bar in Texas can take against an attorney who violates Section 8.02(a) includes suspension and disbarment.