"As a result I missed out on the chance to attend a council meeting yesterday to contribute to a discussion on the budget... a meeting that wasn't attended by Allan Pennington, " he said.

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Given your policy of conducting ruinous criminal and ethics investigations of lawyers over the advice they offer the government, and your specific position that the wartime detention I would endorse is tantamount to a violation of law, it makes little sense for me to attend the Task Force meeting.

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