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Re:Trump Fires Acting Attorney General by koheripbal on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @10:12AM (#13531148)
There's a difference between giving your boss honest feedback, and being obstructionist. Encouraging honesty is great, but at the end of the day, you still need to follow orders.
Re:Trump Fires Acting Attorney General by ako on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @10:17AM (#13531208)
"just following orders...."
Re:Trump Fires Acting Attorney General by altern8tif on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @10:26AM (#13531287)
What about whistleblowers? Should they have just "followed orders" instead?
Re:Trump Fires Acting Attorney General by true_religion on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @01:29PM (#13533586)
I think its about context.

If you are a whistleblower, and you claim something is illegal then I don't expect you to accurately make a case that it is so. You may have just felt it was illegal, when it was not and I'll give certain leeway in making the wrong decision there.

However if you are a lawyer, and not only that but the supreme prosecutor of the Federal government, you ought to be able to properly define why something is illegal not just publish a press release that essentially says "it's my gut-feeling this will fail".

She is supposed to make the best case possible for the presidency and allow judges to decide if something is illegal, and someone is guilty or not guilty. Simply saying "he's guilty, I'm sure, but no I can't tell you why" is not a solid answer.