I can understand why statesman would want to avoid painting himself into a corner.
Joel Send a noteboard - 29/03/2010 02:26:34 PM
If he gives a concrete answer in most directions, he's bound to incite a non-hypothetical emotional reaction. While I think he should be able to answer the question, I really can understand why he would hedge around doing so. It's a pretty hefty hypothetical that people are going to take as him saying "This is what we will do." Even if that is what they would do, that may entail a huge backlash over a "hypothetical".
I'd probably refrain from giving an actual answer as well
I'd probably refrain from giving an actual answer as well
Whatever he says will provoke the backlash you reference, AND has a very real chance of tying his hands later. Were I the countrys chief prosecutor I'd want as much latitude as possible in dealing with Public Enemy Number One, and certainly wouldn't relinquish it just so one side or the other could take potshots at me.
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AG Eric Holder evades questioning
- 17/03/2010 05:34:40 PM
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Why should he be read miranda rights?
- 17/03/2010 05:50:29 PM
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Why should location matter when dealing with a borderless threat like al-Qaeda? *NM*
- 17/03/2010 10:20:08 PM
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You'd rather he walk free on a technicality?
- 17/03/2010 11:28:30 PM
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Line 1
- 18/03/2010 07:14:56 AM
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Last I checked, al-Qaeda isn't a party to the Geneva Convention.
- 18/03/2010 09:16:15 AM
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That only means they are not entitled to its protections - in other words, they are fair game.
- 19/03/2010 10:25:50 PM
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Well, I guess it depends whether you want to try him, doesn't it?
- 19/03/2010 11:34:34 PM
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*shrugs*
- 17/03/2010 11:10:47 PM
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That doesn't seem very logical
- 18/03/2010 12:03:21 AM
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That is honest and it wouldn't be "dumb" (I assume you actually mean stupid, rather than mute)
- 18/03/2010 12:19:58 AM
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It is very possible
- 18/03/2010 02:12:21 AM
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Re: It is very possible
- 18/03/2010 02:31:59 AM
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You do remember "I do not recall" Gonzalez right? *NM*
- 18/03/2010 02:38:48 AM
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Actually not really, I was out of the country for almost his entire tenure
- 18/03/2010 02:41:13 AM
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Pretty much there was some political firings of Us Attorneys
- 18/03/2010 02:56:01 AM
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I remember a little of that
- 18/03/2010 03:16:27 AM
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Gonzales flat out lied to congress
- 18/03/2010 03:29:14 AM
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Seems he could answer the question without evasion or producing a soundbite
- 18/03/2010 04:12:04 AM
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I don't think I agree with that.
- 18/03/2010 02:04:48 PM
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Fair enough
- 18/03/2010 02:40:42 PM
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You guys are forgetting the intel aspect.
- 18/03/2010 09:40:53 PM
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do we know how much he actually knows?
- 18/03/2010 09:49:50 PM
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Kinda hard to find out if he knows anything if he's dead *NM*
- 18/03/2010 09:56:18 PM
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that was totally not my question
- 19/03/2010 12:10:06 AM
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- 19/03/2010 12:10:06 AM
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Most people include congressmen/women don't understand Miranda rights,most people don't know the Law
- 18/03/2010 02:08:10 AM
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I can understand why he'd want to evade answering.
- 18/03/2010 03:23:04 AM
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I can understand why statesman would want to avoid painting himself into a corner.
- 29/03/2010 02:26:34 PM
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