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GOVERNMENT OF RWANDA v. JOHNSON

Nos. 04-7044, 04-7067.

409 F.3d 368 (2005)

THE GOVERNMENT OF RWANDA, Appellee/Cross-Appellant v. Robert Winthrop JOHNSON II, Appellant/Cross-Appellee

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 27, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Atwood argued the cause for appellant/cross-appellee Robert Winthrop Johnson II. With him on the briefs was Heidi C. Doerhoff.

David J. Farber argued the cause. With him on the briefs was Matthew D. Cutts. for appellee/cross-appellant The Government of Rwanda.

Before: EDWARDS, TATEL, and GARLAND, Circuit Judges.

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...

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