Towards your final paragraph you talk about your frustration with people's judgment of how you do your job and with some of the requirements you're up against in terms of reporting and the public explanations you are able to give or not give. When you were talking with Madam Freeman, you were talking about the balance between principle and rules. Is that one of those places where principles and rules come into conflict, or where more rules might be helpful? Do people expect you to be somebody who's enforcing rules, when in fact you have principles to enforce? It may not be as satisfying to get a judgment on a broad principle as it would be to get one on the breaking of a particular, very specific rule.
On October 26th, 2010. See this statement in context.