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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    Which the police often create. Now imagine a huge investigation with hundreds of people questioned where an ambiguous answer can, and often will, cause you to face charges of "lying" to the questioning authority...

    Pretty much any good attorney would tell you to either plead the fifth or simply say, "I do not recall."
    In a situation where you are accused or investigated for a crime, yes. It is short sighted to suggest there are not other situations where you would not be allowed to “take the fifth”!

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    Silence is not an eternal commitment.
    If a subject or suspect is questioned, that subject or suspect may remain silent initially, yet cooperate fully with investigators at a future time.

    The converse is not true. Disclose incriminating details initially, they can't be un-disclosed later on. Don't ring any unringable bells.
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