And to stress not just the right of every person to counsel, but to raise issues about how the government treats people that it suspects of having done something wrong. I think that's the most important thing that a lawyer can do, and I've been lucky enough to be involved in cases where those issues were right at the surface. |
Do you think The Wall Street Journal is a subversive publication? |
dressed the way he would be when he was selling real estate, when he was the manager of a farm co-op, when he was doing many of other responsible jobs he's held during his life. What you see is who he is. |
equates federal agents with Nazi SS agents exterminating Jews in World War II. |
Even if you take Michael Fortier at face value, ... he never heard Terry Nichols say he was going to blow up anything in Oklahoma City. |
he's in your hands. |
I have never seen defendants in a major public trial, especially a white-collar trial, so completely ostracized by witnesses with pertinent information, |
It is my charge, my responsibility ... to present the human face of Terry Nichols, and that's what we're doing. |
My brother is in your hands. |
Terry Nichols was acquitted of most of the charges against him. He's got a real defense here, and this could be the thing that makes the difference. |
The court affirmed the idea of a vigorous public forum, and that's what's refreshing. The opinion sounds these First Amendment themes. The message is: If you don't like something, there is always more speech. |
The Marine Corps builds men. The FBI builds witnesses. |
They want all 12 of you to sign a paper that says one morning, or afternoon, they will get Terry Nichols and kill him. We say that there are lots of reasons why all 12 of you should not sign such a paper. |
This is what the FBI does -- they lie to the prosecutors. We've caught them doing it again and again and again. |
We will meet that deadline, |