Terror's Advocate

A Life of Smoke and Mystery

SITTING in the gloom of his book-lined office near Pigalle, puffing as always on a Cuban cigar and watched over by African and Asian statues donated to him by clients during his half-century as a high-profile lawyer, Jacques Vergès looked very pleased with himself.
Three years ago, ignoring friends’ warnings that he risked being “ambushed,” he agreed to participate in “Terror’s Advocate,” a 140-minute documentary by Barbet Schroeder that explores his record defending terrorists and an array of other unsavory characters, including the Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie. [...]

di Alan Riding, articolo completo (8359 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 14 ottobre 2007