I have just finished reading Philippe Sands's excellent and disturbing book
Torture Team: Deception, Cruelty and the Compromise of Law Philippe Sands. In it the eminent human rights attorney, who used to share chambers with St. Tony's wife Cherie Booth (whatever did they talk about), tracks the involvement of the lawyers in the American path to torture and violations of international law. In one of the later chapters Mr. Sands discusses with an unnamed Judge and prosecutor from a NATO country the possible expose of these seven or eight people to international prosecution. In the words of the Judge:
Torture Team: Deception, Cruelty and the Compromise of Law Philippe Sands. In it the eminent human rights attorney, who used to share chambers with St. Tony's wife Cherie Booth (whatever did they talk about), tracks the involvement of the lawyers in the American path to torture and violations of international law. In one of the later chapters Mr. Sands discusses with an unnamed Judge and prosecutor from a NATO country the possible expose of these seven or eight people to international prosecution. In the words of the Judge: "It's a matter of time, these things take time. And then something unexpected happens, when one of these lawyers travels to the wrong place."
So we have something to look forward to then.
By the way if you have read Mr. Sands's other equally disturbing book Lawless World it is well worth a read as well.
By the way if you have read Mr. Sands's other equally disturbing book
Lawless World it is well worth a read as well. 
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