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Diana Overkill, Part I

"I believe we need a privacy convention as much as we need a convention against torture and genocide. ... The growing number of international public figures, whether crowned or elected or created by happenstance, might then enjoy the reputations they deserve."

--Geoffrey Robertson, "Annals of Law: Privacy Matters," The New Yorker, Sept. 15, 1997

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