Mr. K, from Burma, was denied asylum because he was inconsistent. He told one story to the Asylum Officer [AO], then he told a slightly different story to the Judge. The Judge knew exactly what K told the AO, because the AO wrote it down. Before the hearing with the Judge, the Judge read the AO report. Mr. K was too busy to read it; K forgot what he told the AO. So, in court, everyone was bored and they listened to K mumble and be inconsistent. The Judge was bored, the government lawyer was bored, K's own lawyer was bored. They all knew more about K than K!
The Judge, the government lawyer, and K's lawyer were all thinking the same thing: "we know more about K than K himself! What a moron! K is too busy to read his own story? Isn't he embarrassed that the three Americans know more about him that he does himself?"
K's lawyer can tell K's story backwards and forwards; he can say it without notes, five times in a row. What can't K do that?
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