Jad Abumrad
speaker
6,321 appearances
21 recordings
5 series
first heard May 2025
last heard 11 Sep
Jad Abumrad’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Hence his... Dilemma.
So there he was.
Under the FOIA law, the public has a right to know.
On the other hand, under Walt's oath, he has a legal obligation to not tell.
It's like the classic tension of our times.
Exactly.
Walt has to say something.
He has to be truthful when he says it.
But he also cannot reveal anything.
And people at the agency had been trying to figure this out for months, which is why they brought in Walt.
And how long did it take you to come up with this kind of response?
Wow.
That half an hour of work has tortured journalists and lawyers for almost four decades.
Here's what he came up with.
Which would be giving up secrets.
Which would be a lie.
Suckers.
As you can imagine, people who filed these FOIA requests, when they got a response like that, they were like, that's not going to stand.
You are the sucker.
They fought it in court and the fight went on for years.
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