¹ Sean D. Murphy, Contemporary Practice of the United States, 93 AJIL 487, 489 (1999). For discussion of various preliminary court decisions regarding the immunity of General Pinochet and the ability of Spain and other states to seek his extradition, see In re Pinochet, 93 AJIL 690 (1998).

² Philip Shenon, U.S. Releases Files on Abuses in Pinochet Era, N.Y. TIMES, July 1, 1999, at All. For the U.S. government’s Chile declassification project collections, see <http://www.foia.state.gov>.

³ Vernon Loeb, CIA Accused of ‘Whitewash’ on Pinochet, WASH. POST, Oct. 7, 1999, at A28.

⁴ Spain v. Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, Bow Street Magistrates’ Court, Judgment (Oct. 8,1999), 39 ILM 135 (2000).

⁵ Warren Hoge, Pinochet Is Ruled Unfit for a Trial and May Be Freed, N.Y. TIMES, Jan. 12, 2000, at Al.

⁶ When Mr. Straw refused to release the medical report, the matter was appealed within the UK courts, which ordered the report released to four countries seeking Mr. Pinochet’s extradition. Sec Warren Hoge, British Court Orders Disclosure of Pinochet’s Medical Records, N.Y. TIMES, Feb. 16, 2000, at A10; Warren Hoge, Pinochet Foes Are Granted An Appeal, N.Y. TIMES, Feb. 9, 2000, atA9. As leaked to the press, the report found that Mr. Pinochet had suffered brain damage from a series of strokes. Claran Giles, Pinochet Reportedly Has Brain Damage, WASH. POST, Feb. 17, 2000, at A27.

⁷ Clifford Kraus, Freed by Britain, Pinochet is Facing a Battle at Home, N.Y. TIMES, Mar. 3, 2000, at Al; Clifford Kraus, Pinochet Receives Hero’s Welcome on Return to Chile, N.Y. TIMES, Mar. 4, 2000, at A3.