Originally Posted by
jkhuggins
To call the lawyer "dishonest" assumes that the lawyer knows the truth and is deliberately denying it. Given the bureaucratic monstrosity that DHS is, I could find it plausible that the lawyers were told by higher-ups that it wasn't DHS's fault the witness couldn't board a plane, while some lower-level DHS employee actually performed the action that led to the witness being denied boarding.
Hanlon's Law: never ascribe to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Agreed. I doubt the lawyers would have been told of such dirty dealings. After all, they would want to keep it secret. Unfortunately for them the airline didn't play along.