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With Breaking News of Executive Order sanctioning #InternationalCriminalCourt with explicit goal to stop investigations.
Keep in mind:
#Pompeo has something personal at stake: #ICC's criminal investigation can now reach Pompeo's time at CIA.
justsecurity.org/70560/pompeos-…
2. Also read @pagossman's (@hrw) analysis on the allegations of war crimes involving the CIA in #Afghanistan including when Pompeo was Director of CIA.
justsecurity.org/67072/cia-back…
3. Here's the full Human Rights Watch Report:
hrw.org/news/2019/10/3…
4 "Nor do the ICC prosecutors need to investigate or indict Pompeo for its work to implicate him personally. If the Court pursues potential crimes committed by the CIA under his leadership, that alone could be damaging."
—"Pompeo’s Personal Stake" by @h_s_anderson @randledefalco
5. Here's the Press Secretary's announcement of round of sanctions against "International Criminal Court officials directly engaged with any effort to investigate or prosecute United States personnel"
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