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I think English dictionaries should redefine "don't recall" as an idiom meaning "find it convenient to pretend not to remember" :)

• talmand 13y ago
  In Congressional hearings it's a common method to avoid invoking the fifth amendment which could be cause for further investigation. If they don't recall, maybe there's nothing to it; if they invoke the fifth, there's likely something there and you just have to find it elsewhere.