Some institutional failures unfold not through scandal but procedure, with acts of sabotage dressed up in the language of good-faith inquiry and accountability. By the time anyone notices what is happening, the damage has been done.
I fear that this is what we are witnessing in attacks against Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Recent developments seem to satisfy goals that the United States and Israel have spent months working towards.
