Our Man in Africa

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/01/23/our_man_in_africa_hissene_habre_chad_reagan

As one British jurist explained, in what would become the defining sentiment of the judgment: "[T]orture and hostage-taking are not acceptable conduct on the part of anyone. This applies as much to heads of state, or even more so, as it does to everyone else; the contrary conclusion would make a mockery of international law."

---Steve