Reply #133: Foot dragging? Complaint filed 5pm Thursday, Paris time. Only *late* (?!) Friday did the Paris ...

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state prosecutor's office [ report-about-seeking or begin-seeking ?] details re possible immunity from prosecution and whether Rumsfeld was still in the country.

Source: http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20071027/twl-france-us-germany-iraq-rights-rumsfe-7e07afd.html

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The International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH), the French League for Human Rights (LDH), the US Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and Germany's European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) filed the joint suit before a Paris prosecutor on Thursday.
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The Paris state prosecutor's office said late Friday it had asked the French foreign ministry for details on whether Rumsfeld was immune from prosecution and whether he was still in the country.
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Rumsfeld's agenda during the rest of his stay in Paris was kept under wraps for security reasons.

I hope the phrasing above doesn't mean action by the Prosecutor's office was only *begun* late Friday, but means, rather, action initiated early in the day was *reported* late Friday, given the Jeanne Sulzer was interviewed Friday morning October 26th, 2007 and expressed concern about Rumsfeld 'escaping'?

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Well, the complaint was filed yesterday before the Paris prosecutor around 5:00 p.m. Paris time. This morning, Rumsfeld was present at the conference where he was scheduled. So what we are awaiting now is signs from the prosecutor to know whether an investigation has been opened or not.
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So, as of now, again, we are waiting to see whether the prosecutor is still reviewing the complaint, and hopefully he will not wait too long, because our fears are that Rumsfeld will escape as soon as he can. So now the big issue is the pressure on the prosecutor and, of course, the higher-ups of the French authorities to take a decision on the complaint. But France has a very clear obligation to investigate and prosecute into this case under the torture convention, as Rumsfeld is present on the French territory...