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"WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is blocking the Biden administration from sharing
evidence with the International Criminal Court in The Hague gathered by
American intelligence agencies about Russian atrocities in Ukraine, according
to current and former officials briefed on the matter.
American military leaders oppose helping the court investigate Russians because
they fear setting a precedent that might help pave the way for it to prosecute
Americans. The rest of the administration, including intelligence agencies and
the State and Justice Departments, favors giving the evidence to the court, the
officials said.
President Biden has yet to resolve the impasse, officials said.
The evidence is said to include details relevant to an investigation the chief
prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, began after
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago. The information reportedly includes
material about decisions by Russian officials to deliberately target civilian
infrastructure and to abduct thousands of Ukrainian children from occupied
territory.
In December, Congress modified longstanding legal restrictions on American help
to the court, allowing the United States to assist with its investigations and
eventual prosecutions related to the war in Ukraine. But inside the Biden
administration, a policy dispute over whether to do so continues to play out
behind closed doors."
Via anonymiss and Diane A.
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