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Originally Posted by Buster
This is interesting. I don't know if it means anything or not...but it certainly looks bad from a public perspective, as I think most voters would assume a 5th plea is the same as being guilty.
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That session is a joke. Chaffetz continues to show he's a fool who doesn't understand the subject matter he's investigating. The answers to his questions would be admitting the company was responsible for wrong doing and possibly breaking federal law. At best they destroy their reputation as IT service providers. At worst they admit to knowingly not protecting a system housing federal data, which they are compelled to do as a service provider, regardless of the client's wishes. Of course these witnesses are going to use their 5th amendment privilege to head off any possible self-incrimination. It seems everyone on the panel knew this. So Chaffetz was doing this all for show and Cummings acknowledges as much when he says he will not participate in the process of publicly berating of witnesses.
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Originally Posted by Buster
No, it's not. It's perfectly reasonable, if a bit...crass...in its wording.
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And words matter. The video I just referenced is proof of that. Use the correct terms and you won't get called out and have to go off on another tangential argument of the definition and your chose use of a word.