Mukasey modifies "I was only following orders" excuse

Tony — 2/7/2008 9:04:11 PM (archived)

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So if the Justice Department said it was legally OK to assassinate all people in CA with Hungarian sounding surnames, you'd have no recourse if a Government Agent did it.

Am I missing something here?

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Mukasey modifies "I was only following orders" excuse - Tony - 2/7/2008 9:04:11 PM
- If the day ever comes where this sort of argument is made by a 'liberal' administration - Yeti - 2/8/2008 4:40:37 PM
  - That may be "dozens of ex-zoners" - Tony - 2/8/2008 4:44:53 PM
    - Conservative dynamic head decompression syndrome - Yeti - 2/8/2008 5:44:15 PM
- "Am I missing something here?" - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/8/2008 3:23:36 AM
  - Yes You Are - James Brown - 2/8/2008 6:06:30 AM
    - You and alcaray are missing a key element. - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/8/2008 6:26:46 AM
      - If something a President orders is lawful, just because the President (or his AG) says it is - Tony - 2/8/2008 2:29:03 PM
        
        Or Hitler. Or Stalin. - Bowser - 2/8/2008 8:41:54 PM
        
        Nail. Head. Whack - Yeti - 2/8/2008 4:23:22 PM
        
        You guys should cut that out. You don't need more holes.. - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/8/2008 8:41:49 PM
        
        Again - Yeti - 2/8/2008 9:42:01 PM
      - Total BS - Yeti - 2/8/2008 1:39:39 PM
      - So... - alcaray - 2/8/2008 6:44:31 AM
        
        Apples and oranges - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/8/2008 7:00:40 AM
        
        And again... - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/8/2008 7:18:05 AM
  - If we waterboarded the lawyers, the law would be much clearer. (n/t) - ER - 2/8/2008 3:53:11 AM
  - You always miss something when you start making things up. - alcaray - 2/8/2008 3:45:30 AM
    - re: You always miss something when you start making things up. - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/8/2008 5:07:47 AM
      - If your lawyer... - alcaray - 2/8/2008 5:42:31 AM
      - PS - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/8/2008 5:18:44 AM
- This is one of those sights... - alcaray - 2/8/2008 3:23:00 AM
  - huh? - Robert - 2/8/2008 5:45:00 AM
    - Sorry - alcaray - 2/8/2008 6:38:50 AM
      - thanks for clarifying that, guys (n/t) - Robert - 2/8/2008 4:23:35 PM
    - Robert's Event horizon = Below Zone's {HR} line after 24 hours. ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/8/2008 6:36:07 AM
- It seems, essentially, that whats being said here - Yeti - 2/7/2008 9:55:33 PM
  - You called that one right - James Brown - 2/7/2008 10:50:19 PM
- Conservatives have really got to go while there is something left of this country to salvage. - Bowser - 2/7/2008 9:14:09 PM

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