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During the Poindexter interrogation, Sen. Orrin Hatch supplied some razzle-dazzle with a flashy quote from Kierkegaard, which set the admiral beaming.
More relevant lines, however, are found in Shakespeare`s ”Antony and Cleopatra.” Pompey`s ally, Menas, points out that the former`s three rivals could easily be assassinated aboard Pompey`s galley, leaving him ”lord of the world.” Replies Pompey: ”Ah! This thou shouldst have done and not spoke on it. In thee it had been good service. Being done unknown, I should have found it afterwards well done, but must condemn it now.”
Like other ingloriously departed servants of this administration, the zealous admiral understood too well the unspoken wishes of his boss.
