The Tyranny of Good Intentions

Turning lawyers into government spies
Legal Privilege

Paul Craig Roberts has a good piece on the mounting attacks on attorney-client privilege in the name of 'law and order':
Just as government bureaucrats used the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 to assault the Bill of Rights and our constitutional protections, they are now using "accounting scandals" and "tax evasion" to assault the attorney-client privilege, a key component of the Anglo-American legal system that enables a defendant, whether guilty or innocent, to mount a defense against the overwhelming power of the state.
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