But the great danger was, and this is what they said to ministers, is war through inadvertence.

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"His actions were not done by reason of inadvertence or a good faith error of judgment, " he ruled.

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And I'm certain that Mr. Sensenbrenner would not intentionally mislead the Senate, that his error is one of inadvertence.

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The FINRA response for this story seemingly ruled out simple inadvertence or inattention as reasons for the lack of director disclosure.

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Various nations that, whether by inadvertence or a conscious desire to hoard precious resources, are locking up much of their potential oil production.

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"The need to get to the bottom of what happened -- and whether national security was compromised by inadvertence, by recklessness, by maliciousness -- is extremely important, " Fitzgerald said.

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This ambiguity is hardly due to inadvertence.

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