Gautam Mukunda wrote:
>
> Hi Julia. I think it's an astonishingly bad idea, and I am profoundly
> disappointed with the Administration that they have chosen to do this. It's
> probably the worst single decision of the Administration, actually. Are you
> serious about your desire to have someone play devil's advocate? If you are
> I can do it - I think there is a semi-coherent case to be made - but I want
> to be clear that I think it's really, really, really bad.
>
Let's see if anyone weighs in as supporting it, and let them explain
first. If there is no such post in the next 24 hours, then go right
ahead.
I'm hoping to hear from some folks outside the US about this. Russell?
Jeroen? Anyone else want to weigh in on this?
Oh, and I have a semi-coherent argument against it, which I will post
after there's been some foreign response.
Julia
