"Of course, we regard that as a road map for prosecution, for future prosecution".
Jack L. Goldsmith, who served in the Justice Department in 2003 and 2004, wrote in his recent memoir, "The Terror Presidency," that the possibility of future prosecution for aggressive actions against terrorism was a constant worry inside the Bush administration.
Until the lawyers know who was being investigated and why, said Nevin, he can't be sure he or his team are not under surveillance or at risk of future prosecution, regardless of what prosecutors now say.
Three sources, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said BP would plead guilty in exchange for a waiver of future prosecution on the charges.
It will bring Andersen and Enron's practices to light a sneak peak of future prosecutions.
Defense lawyers said Judge Connor's ruling could make any future prosecution of their clients more difficult.
This does not close the door to future prosecution of Mr. Menem, but aides said he was already planning to begin his 2003 presidential campaign.
Any future prosecution of Assad on charges of crimes against humanity must be unanimously referred by the United Nations security council to the International Criminal Court – as happened in the case of Libya last year.
"To obtain the hostages' release, the United States agreed in the Algiers accord to bar the prosecution of any pending or future claims against the government of Iran by the hostages," Mr. Jones said.
But the book is a gift to Derrideans as well as Marxists in that it depends on an endlessly rescheduled search for a packet of papers, which will reshape the future prosecution of war in the air.
