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Westy

the teste
Nov 22, 2002
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Walker discussing critical policy while on the campaign trail today. Tomorrow he may realize he really wants to be a fake fireman instead of a fake cop.


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ebarker9

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Oct 2, 2007
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Full article has additional context. That headline makes it sound like Biden negotiated blanket immunity for MBS, when this is really one specific ruling regarding application of international law to civil lawsuits against sitting heads of state. (Not that I'm any great fan of this position, just felt like the headline was misleading).


"The Biden administration has determined that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, whom the CIA has held responsible for the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist and U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi, is immune from a civil lawsuit filed in the United States by Khashoggi’s fiancee and a human rights organization he founded.

In a response to a July invitation by U.S. District Judge John Bates to submit a statement of interest in the case, the administration said in a court submission late Thursday that because Mohammed is Saudi Arabia’s “sitting head of government,” he is “immune from this suit” under international law.
In a letter accompanying the submission, State Department acting legal adviser Richard C. Visek said the department “takes no view on the merits of the present suit and reiterates its unequivocal condemnation of the heinous murder of Jamal Khashoggi.”"