MUKASEY’S PARADOX….Jonathan Turley on Attorney General Michael Mukasey:

In his twisting of legal principles, the attorney general has succeeded in creating a perfect paradox. Under Mukasey’s Paradox, lawyers cannot commit crimes when they act under the orders of a president — and a president cannot commit a crime when he acts under advice of lawyers.

Bertrand Russell would be proud.

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