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William F. Schulz is the executive director of Amnesty International USA and the author, most recently, of Tainted Legacy: 9/11 and the Ruin of Human Rights.
The Sharansky-Bush hypothesis—that spreading freedom will usher in an age of peace—has stymied the human-rights movement.
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