Finally, the government (for undisclosed reasons) has chosen not to seek the death penalty against Mr. Ghailani, even though that penalty was sought, albeitunsuccessfully, against those who stood trial earlier.
He claims (implausibly, say some suspicious liberals) that he did try, albeitunsuccessfully, to persuade Mr Delors not to let French farmers hold the future of world trade in the Uruguay round to ransom.