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Former attorney general would aid Saddam's defense
AP ^ | December 19, 2003 | JENNIFER C. KERR

Posted on 12/19/2003 5:33:02 PM PST by Headfulofghosts

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:45:16 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark said Friday that he would be willing to provide legal counsel to Saddam Hussein if the ousted Iraqi leader requested Clark's assistance.

"I would seek to help him protect his rights if he needed my help and I felt that there was no one who's willing who could do it better," Clark said in an interview with The Associated Press. "I would have no hesitation. That's my work. That's my chosen pursuit

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To: Headfulofghosts
Ramsey Clark makes Howard Dean look like he's to the far right of Jessie Helms...
21 posted on 12/19/2003 7:54:44 PM PST by AmericaUnited
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To: Headfulofghosts
He's still a lawyer, first and foremost. Care to debate what part of his concern for the "accused's" rights are motivated by , dare we say it out loud - fees?

Whenever there is a lot of money a certain class of lawyers seems to drop out of the air like vultures at a road kill.
22 posted on 12/19/2003 8:07:36 PM PST by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon liberty, it is essential to examine principles - -)
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He's still a lawyer, first and foremost. Care to debate what part of his concern for the "accused's" rights are motivated by , dare we say it out loud - fees?

Whenever there is a lot of money a certain class of lawyers seems to drop out of the air like vultures at a road kill.
23 posted on 12/19/2003 8:11:25 PM PST by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon liberty, it is essential to examine principles - -)
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Ramsey Clark is on Saddam's A.N.S.W.E.R. retainer.
24 posted on 12/19/2003 8:12:34 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (I used to think they were crazy when they said "Republicrats.")
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