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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2006

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6 Gonzalez-Vera v. Kissinger, 449 F.3d 1260 (D.C. Cir. June 9, 2006).

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8 449 F.3d at 1263–64 (citation omitted).

9 The grand jury’s 2004 indictment of Passaro is at <http://news.findlaw.com/nytimes/docs/torture/uspassaro61704ind.html.

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