Feldis, the prosecutor who heard Keyes' first confession, says it's likely the true scope of his crimes will never be known.

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The film resembles "Independence Day" in several ways, the most obvious being the beating that the White House takes. (Also the C-130's eerie ability to defend itself against our Air Force interceptors, at least for a while, by putting out a futuristic force field.) But there's a crucial difference, and to discuss it I must first make a confession.

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The truth commission was the first to hear his confession.

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But first, Shahriar Afshar, a visiting research professor at Rowan University in New Jersey, has a confession to make.

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That covered details contained within a confession by Brown that he was involved in the initial stages of the attack, relayed first to his stepfather David Crozier and then on to his then police officer brother Norman Crozier.

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While Cathy tries lovingly to cope with his drinking problem and then his "illness" after she discovers his secret, Pasquale blazes with hidden anguish, until he bursts out in Frank's passionate confession, "I Never Knew, " about the wonders of being truly in love for the first time.

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