That case prompted American government lawyers to insist that Parliament approve immunity for soldiers in Iraq.
The Obama team couldn't get "Iraq's inspiring but fragile democracy" (in the immortal words of Joe Lieberman, waxing absurd in a USA Today opinion piece) to approve immunity from local prosecution for American troops.
Hynes actually approved an immunity deal for one convict, sealing it with a handshake.
Even if the Senate does approve the immunity provision, the fight will not be over.
Officials also released a letter to the committee this week from former Attorney General John Ashcroft and three former aides urging Congress to approve the immunity provision.
One clash played out recently when the Transportation Department, rejecting many of Ms. Varney's recommendations, approved an antitrust immunity request involving a global alliance of nine airlines; Continental Airlines wanted to join the alliance to share routes, marketing and revenue.
Victor Homola (NYT) RUSSIA: YELTSIN BILL APPROVED -- The upper house of Parliament approved a bill granting immunity from prosecution to former President Boris Yeltsin.
Although Ms Tripp, a former White House secretary, made more than 20 hours of tapes of her rambling dialogues with Ms Lewinsky, the charges against her refer only to a tape made on December 22 1997 - before her immunity was approved by a court - which Newsweek journalists were allowed to hear.
The bill, which proposed to remove legal immunity was approved by six out of nine sultans —but saw stiff opposition from three, two of which included the Ismail Petra, the Sultan of Kelantan and the Sultan Iskandar himself.
