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Jeffrey Toobin —
American
Lawyer
born on May 21, 1960,
Jeffrey Ross Toobin is an American lawyer, author, and legal analyst for CNN and The New Yorker... (wikipedia)
The assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy led directly to the passage of a historic law, the Gun Control Act of 1968.
I'm a big fan of good grades. But I am going to suggest to you that you will find that the skills of a student are of somewhat less use to you once you get out into what is sometimes referred to as 'the real world.'
Students follow rules. Students complete assignments. The job of students - in part, at least - is to please their teachers. Now, I realize I may be exaggerating a little here, but basically I think I'm right: students do what they're told.
Everyone wants to be paid well - I know that I certainly do. But there are lots of other satisfactions that we get from our work. To feel needed. To feel accomplishment. To believe that our work matters. Being a lawyer gives you a rare chance to experience that kind of success.
The United States, like any great power, is always going to have an intelligence operation, and some electronic surveillance is obligatory in the modern world.