General Hayden: “I’m Not A Lawyer”

Brian Zick

"And I don't ever question anything at all that the Bush administration's lawyers tell me is legal. I just follow orders." (Well, he didn't actually say that in those precise words, but that was pretty much exactly what he meant.) Hearings on C-CPAN.

The text is from the poem “QUADRENNIAL” by Golden, reprinted with permission. It was first published in the Poetry Project. Inside front cover photo by Golden.
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