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The rationale [behind the attorney-client privilege] is that it is
in society's interest for people to seek advice from lawyers in
order to make sense of complicated regulations and laws. Clients
will only receive useful advice if they speak candidly with their
lawyers without having to fear that their conversations could later
incriminate them.

Franklin Foer in Slate, 10 May 1997, pg. 6

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