I always loved that phrase. Like who the fvck (normal person) has an attorney on tap? If you're rich then maybe you have one for financial legalities, but most of us don't have "our" attorney on speed-dial.

IIRC "You have the right to remain silent" means you don't have to EVER answer any of their questions, attorney present or not, correct? My wife watches those murder shows on ID Discovery (I swear she's trying to figure out how to off me and get away with it! ) and those detectives kinda get miffed when a suspect invokes that right. You know damned well that most of those low-lifes don't have an attorney.

Bottom line? Unless I'm mistaken, you are never obligated to "talk" to them, regardless of whether you have an attorney present or not. If you had the ghost of freaking F. Lee Bailey sitting next to you then you are still not obligated to talk, right? Sure, you might be seen as "uncooperative" but who cares?