Yet until now, only low or middle-level officials have been prosecuted for war atrocities.
Teams of middle-level officials representing Israel and the Palestinians began a new round of talks on Friday in seclusion at Bolling Air Force base in suburban Maryland.
Middle-level officials, anxious to avoid embarrassing recalls, covered up complaints about fuel tanks, brakes and clutches, simply by altering or hiding documents.
Because each defector cost American taxpayers about $1 million in relocation expenses, and because Mr. Bearden said that he felt the information coming from these low- and middle-level officials was not worth it, he sent word to the field to become far more selective.
International law is vague, she noted, "but there is no need to have a 70-count indictment for a middle-level official".
"It took a long time, particularly with the middle level of officials, to realise that both ministers had to agree.
In practice the NAP attracted middle to senior level officials whose professional responsibilities were to oversee programmes dealing with vulnerability and food insecurity.
As a result, this official said, middle level leaders in the former armed forces under Mr. Hussein may have to be brought in, provided they are not "tainted as Baathists".
Combining the two conditions of accessibility and rank, we find that officials at the middle level of the bureaucratic system are the most popular candidates for independent director positions (see Figs. 4 and 5).
During the period of Portuguese colonialism, many Cabo Verdeans served throughout Lusophone Africa as middle-level colonial officials and workers.
Five of the agents, including middle-level Intelligence Ministry officials, have been in detention, with the others free on bail pending the appeal.
