Goose: So didn't you do something wrong by disregarding the gag order?

Gander: Certainly, if the DEFENSE had disregarded the gag order, that would have been wrong. But I don't see how it applies to me. Besides, I told the judge it was an accident. Whoopsie!

Goose: Haven't you been a lawyer for, like, 30 years?

Gander: What's your point?

Goose: Shouldn't the nation's top law enforcement official and a guy who's been an attorney for so long know that you must obey a gag order?

Gander: Look, we have to do everything in our power to lock up people we know are a danger to our society.

Goose: But I thought you believed in the rule of law. Your bio on the Whitehouse Web site says that you're "committed to confronting injustice by leading a professional Justice Department free from politics, defined by integrity and dedicated to upholding the rule of law."

Gander: I am dedicated to upholding the rule of law, but, HELLO, that applies to everyone else. Law enforcement needs only to make sure other people are obeying the law. We do what's necessary to put people behind bars and then worry about those pesky rules and regulations later.

Goose: So you're saying that you should be able to do whatever you want in a prosecution?

Gander: Just about, or at least as much as we can get away with. If we get caught, we expect to be admonished, but not too harshly.

Goose: You think it's fair that you've been given a judicial admonishment, the lightest sanction a court can impose on an attorney?

Gander: 'Tis but a scratch. I will not be deterred by these silly liberal judges. The GUILTY will be punished!

Goose: Why shouldn't you be charged with criminal contempt? Aren't you in favor of the most serious charges being filed?

Gander: Goose, Goose, Goose. You seem to have mistaken me for an average citizen. THAT, I am most assuredly not.

Goose: Dude, you're the big dog in the justice department. What you say about a trial can influence the jury and unfairly benefit the prosecution, can't it?

Gander: Well, I wouldn't say "unfairly." But yeah, in this case, we nailed the guys.

Goose: Do you think your statements helped the jury convict the defendants?

Gander: DUH. That and the evidence that was withheld from the defense. MAN, I love that Detroit prosecution team! They are working for AMERICA.