“The fact is that in a way, journalists become a kind of default in the system when you don't have substantive two-party back-and-forth inside of the government.” WayKindTwoFactsGovernmentPartyJournalistBack And ForthDefault Author:Ron Suskind
“If one starts with the assumption that, in the absence of specific Congressional authority, a fixed rule of law precludes contracting officers from providing in a Government contract terms reasonably calculated to assure its performance even though there be no money loss through a particular default, there is no problem. But answers are not obtained by putting the wrong question, and thereby begging the real one.” IfsRealProblemGovernmentLawTermLossAnswersParticularAuthorityPerformancesAbsenceFixedAssumptionContractsOfficersProvidingNo ProblemBeggingRule Of LawNo MoneyDefaultReal OnesContracting Author:Felix Frankfurter