Legal Opinion
Govt Rwanda v. Johnson, Robert W.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 27, 2005No. 04-7044, 04-7067PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TATEL, Circuit Judge.
As Rwanda’s bloody civil war drew to a close, with rebel forces controlling Rwanda’s capital and the retreating government accused of genocide, the embattled regime retained appellant, a Washington lawyer, to help improve its image and cast the rebels as terrorists. Roughly a week later, after the United States ordered Rwanda’s embassy closed, appellant entered a second agreement, this time to provide (among other things) immigration help to Rwanda’s ambassador and other embassy diplomats, who feared reprisals if they returned home. Pursuant to these agreements, Rwanda…
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