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philippe sands

philippe sands , qc -lrb- born 17 october 1960 -rrb- is a british and french lawyer at matrix chambers , and is professor of international law at university college london .
sands wrote `` lawless world '' -lrb- 2006 -rrb- , in which he accused us president george w. bush and prime minister tony blair of conspiring to invade iraq in violation of international law .
his next book , `` torture team : rumsfeld 's memo and the betrayal of american values '' -lrb- 2008 -rrb- , dealt with the decisions by top us policymakers to use torture in interrogation of suspects in the war on terror .
he also was the first to refer to the bush -- blair memo that contained the claim that bush wanted to lure saddam hussein 's forces to shoot down a un plane .
`` the guardian '' reported sands 's claims about the memo , which stated that bush had proposed trying to provoke the iraqis to fire on fighter planes in united nations colours .
