"From what I saw she's doing a pretty damn good job of trying," he replied. "So why'd you jump to the government side?"
"Nothing too original. I got burned out on the billable hour treadmill. And you're not going to change the world doing T and E law."
What's T and E law?
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"I know he's gotten extraordinary results. I wonder if he employs extraordinary means to achieve them. For example, we've had real problems with rendition."
"I've heard that's quite a political football."
"It's no wonder with the way the procedure works. Suspected terrorists are transferred from the US to other countries or vice versa without any legal processing or access by the International Red Cross..."
What's "a political football" imply?
"Nothing too original. I got burned out on the billable hour treadmill. And you're not going to change the world doing T and E law."
What's T and E law?
=============================================
"I know he's gotten extraordinary results. I wonder if he employs extraordinary means to achieve them. For example, we've had real problems with rendition."
"I've heard that's quite a political football."
"It's no wonder with the way the procedure works. Suspected terrorists are transferred from the US to other countries or vice versa without any legal processing or access by the International Red Cross..."
What's "a political football" imply?