002) (“Bowm IT”). Neither of these cases con- cern the tortious activity exception to the FSIA, but they do explain liability under 28. The court in Halberstam outlined the ele- ments of aiding and abetting as: “(1) the party whom the defendant aids must perform a wrongful act that causes an injury; (2) the

nd sub- stantially assist the principal violation.’’ Hal- 349 FEDERAL SUPPLEMENT, 2d SERIES the ATA and for aiding and abetting and conspiracy.“ In Halberstam, the defen- dant was found liable as a joint venturer for a killing that occurred during a burgla- ry at which she was not present. Halber- stam, 705

also trying to make a point, an important one considering the slapdash nature of the transition team’s staffing protocols: be careful who you hire. Halberstam’s book, published in 1972, is a Tolstoyan effort to understand how great figures of the academic, intellectual, and military world who had served dur

216, 287-94, 297, 302, 307 Beinart, Peter, 297 Benghazi, 97 Berkowitz, Avi, 143 Berlusconi, Silvio, 100 Berman, Mark, 78 Best and the Brightest, The (Halberstam), 53-54 Bezos, Jeff, 35 Biosphere 2, 56 Blackstone Group, 35, 78, 87, 298 Blackwater, 265 Blair, Tony, 156-58, 228 Blankfein, Lloyd, 144 Bloomberg, M