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4-26-09—The US prosecuted some Japanese interrogators at war crimes trials after World War II for waterboarding and other methods detailed in the [CIA] memos. NYT A1

--Today’s [USA] populism has prompted no large-scale protests in the US. That isn’t the case overseas. Close to one million French demonstrators on March 19 protested the government’s handling of the crisis, and thousands blocked London streets on April 1 during a G-20 meeting, events that dwarfed any protests in the US. WSJ A9

--[French union leader Pierre Piccarreta said] “I’m fighting against this economic system that makes men, women and entire families suffer. Everyone realizes this now. This system is starting to explode; it should no longer exist. It makes the entire world suffer, it enriches the rich and impoverishes the poor.” NYT A11’