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I'm satisfied with the Justice Dept's decision not to prosecute.
This isn't the Nuremberg scenario where these agents were just following orders. They're not going to be tried by an international tribunal, so the question of whether they're following orders is the incorrect one. It really comes down to this: Does it make sense for the Justice Department to retroactively prosecute these agents for doing things that this very same Justice Dept said was legal? Never mind the intelligence community revolting against the Administration, you'd have to deal with an already angry public who has now lost faith in a Justice Department who would prosecute individuals for doing things they said was perfectly legal.
The circus would surely be in town then.
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Cameron originally envisioned the Terminator as a small, unremarkable man, giving it the ability to blend in more easily. As a result, his first choice for the part was Lance Henriksen. O. J. Simpson was on the shortlist but Cameron did not think that such a nice guy could be a ruthless killer.
-From the Collector's Edition DVD of The Terminator
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