[Ads-l] suspect, adj. (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill CIV (US)]

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I suppose you are right.  But it's a great quote from a great scene.

> 
> Sounds like the traditional "suspect" to me. i.e., "under suspicion."
> 
> JL
> 
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Mullins, Bill CIV (US) <william.d.mullins18.civ at mail.mil> wrote:
> >
> > Good Will Hunting (1997).  Chuckie (Ben Affleck) is impersonating Will (Matt Damon) in an interview, and is trying to get cash money from
> the interviewers.  They are reluctant.
> >
> > "Let me tell you something.  You're suspect!  Yeah, you! I don't know what your reputation is in this town, but after the shit you tried to
> pull today you can bet I'll be looking into you. Now the business we have, heretofore, you can speak with my aforementioned attorney.
> Good day, gentlemen; and until that day comes, keep your ear to the grindstone."
> >
> > https://youtu.be/-JBvfZTx-vs?t=47
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >> "Feeling suspicion; suspicious."
> >>
> >> Retired general on CNN:
> >>
> >> "I was suspect then, and I continue to be suspect."
> >>
> >> JL
> >>
> >>
> >
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