tions for failure to state a claim. See Part III below. Plaintiffs place great reliance on Halber- stam v. Welch, 705 F.2d 472 (D.C.Cir.1983) and Bairn v. Qitnotic Literacy Institute. & Holy Land Foundation for Relief & Devel- opment, 291 FM 1000, 1023 (7th Cir.2002) ("Boim II"). Neither of these cases con- cern the tortious act