Leo tells me you have a strong view on this?
Yes sir, for one thing sending him back would seem to be illegal.
Our hand's not legally forced unless he tells anyone.
C.J. He's told us. He's asked the President of the United States for asylum. Are we saying he'd have been better off asking some cab driver?
You know the rationale for sending him back.
So the Iranians don't wake up one morning and decide, hey, it's a good day to nuke Israel.
C.J. Sir, seven North Korean nuclear scientists defected through China last year, we helped pay for it. Are we saying, if this kid were more valuable to us we'd accept him?
Is that such an unreasonable distinction? But this isn't your real argument.
Sending him back will play as a disaster in the press if it ever gets out.
[shakes head] That's not your real argument either.
No sir, it's not. This young man's asking for freedom. It's what this country was built on; everyone's from somewhere else, some place less free. That's my argument.
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