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| QUESTION: |
-- without referring me
to the Justice Department or citing the Privacy Act, say anything about
the Bobby Fischer case? |
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| MR.
BOUCHER: |
No, I cannot say anything
without citing the Privacy Act and referring you to the Justice
Department. |
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| QUESTION: |
You're checkmated. |
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| MR.
BOUCHER: |
The law hasn't changed
overnight, sorry. |
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| QUESTION: |
Yeah. Well, what are the
realistic changes, given the warm relations between Mr. Fischer and the
Government, that you're going to get a Privacy Act waiver? |
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| MR.
BOUCHER: |
Depends on what he decides. If
he wants to -- |
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| QUESTION: |
Do you not feel constrained,
considering the fact that he and his -- well, at least his attorney, has
been loudly talking about this and you're not able to? |
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| MR.
BOUCHER: |
Sure. |
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| QUESTION: |
You do? |
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| MR.
BOUCHER: |
That's the nature of the law. |
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| QUESTION: |
Can you talk about what you
think of the merits of an asylum case, or if you've been in touch with
the Japanese Government about what you think the merits of that case
might be? |
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| MR.
BOUCHER: |
I wouldn't be able to talk
about that, no. |
