(Granholm) said she doesn't want to cause any more job loss, |
[George Freeman, the Times Co.'s assistant general counsel, met with the Washington bureau last week to address staff complaints.] There was so much rumor and untruth and speculation going around, ... I wouldn't characterize it as people being unhappy. People had a lot of questions and concerns. I hope to some degree I assuaged the concerns. |
Arlen went on to be a really wonderful trial lawyer, yet I never tried a case in front of a jury again. ... He was a wonderful guy then, we hit it off, and we were quite proud of each other. |
As long as it's newsworthy, truthful and the newspaper did nothing illegal to obtain the information, then it's OK to publish. |
Dismissing early is more of a concern when it's elementary. It's not as strong with high school. |
He does have, underneath a sort of serious exterior, a really wonderful sense of humor, ... It rarely shows itself in the trial lawyer mode, but it certainly does in personal relationships. |
He got the bug to run for president, ... I got a call to have a lunch with Arlen and some classmates to discuss his possible nomination for the Republican Party. When he told us, we looked at each other and got this big smirk. Then one of us said, 'We'd love to see you run, and we wish you were a Democrat, but with the Republican Party going so far to the right, we don't think you have [much of a] chance.' But we told him we'd help him anyway. |
I don't think the damage to the building is extensive. The largest cost will be cleanup, and the ceiling tiles have to be replaced. But there was no major structural damage from the water. |
I know, from what I heard second hand, that a lot of members of his [senatorial] staff are apparently terrified of him, ... But he never portrayed those kind of characteristics in law school. He always had a smile, he was always sociable with people, and those are the kinds of qualities I see now -- the same old Arlen I've always known. |
I was afraid that people would draw the wrong conclusions. |
I would say the chances of getting a federal shield is about 50-50. |
In some ways, he has the same kind of personality that [Supreme Court Justice] Hugo Black did: people perceive him as being that kind of driving personality, ... He's like a bloodhound, because once he finds the scent, he doesn't lick his nose, he just runs hard after it. |
In the end, I doubt anything is going to change very much. |
It was an outrageous lack of due process. |
It was not meant to be a script. |