The last thing my client wants to do is persuade this court to release him and then blow the whole thing off.

It is disconcerting to me some of the comments that have been made.

He is not prepared, today, to state whether he will waive (extradition) or not. His mental acuity is such that I'm not comfortable, at all, either waiving or not waving extradition.

He can find all the contempt he wants, ... He treated my client unfairly and I'm p----d off.

There's a problem with political polling in that you have so much pressure to do what your client wants you to do and say what your client wants you to say. I've never felt that pressure. I am independent of the political parties.

We are disappointed that the Court of Appeals has decided that, unlike every other client and attorney in this country, government attorneys and their clients do not enjoy the right to have confidential communications,