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Oct. 23, 2008

A Different Kindo f Hero: theSequel

The military men and women who have served as defense counsel and prosecutors in the war on terror have provided shining examples for all lawyers through their unswerving devotion to their clients or, in the case of the prosecutors, to their duties as ministers of justice, writes Gary Williams. - Forum Column

FORUM COLUMN

By Gary Williams

In Hollywood, sequels are viewed as money in the bank. The follow-up to a commercially successful film almost guarantees a profit because satisfied filmgoers usually thirst for more of the characters, more of the visuals and more of the heroic themes.

My sequel features a return to the "war on terror" and the military tribunals it has spawned. I am motivated by a thirst for one of its themes - heroism in the f...

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