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Title: Sovereign Immunity and Informant Defectors: The United States' Refusal to Protect Its Protectors.
Author : Stanford Law School
Release Date : January 01, 2005
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 351 KB

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INTRODUCTION Once labeled the "highest-ranking Iraqi terrorist ever to defect to the West," (1) and still considered "one of the true heroes in the international battle against terrorism," (2) Adnan Awad risked his life and sacrificed his past to help the United States in its fight against terrorism. Backing out of a terrorist mission, Awad turned himself in at an American embassy, joined the Witness Protection Program (WPP), and assisted U.S. government officials in thwarting terrorist plots, identifying Iraqi terrorists, and securing a verdict against a prominent terrorist. (3) Despite all of this assistance, the government did not give Awad a hero's welcome. Instead, it repaid him with mistreatment and broken promises for which, Awad discovered, there would be no legal remedy.