had a difficult start with an unfortunate prosecutor luis moreno ocampo. and he left the very firm impression that the countries he pursued may have been being pursued for political reasons and that that was extremely unfortunate. the focus on africa resides with earlier reflects arguably the interest of the international community in avoiding countries like. russia or america. and so on that might have things to answer for in taking a softer target but i'm happily it also reflects the recognition by some african countries for example uganda. of their ability to use the court. and turn it into a weapon of conflict and why wouldn't man american countries try to manipulate or influence court proceedings when world powers those countries that take pride in being standard bearers of human rights have not been brought to books for they are for they are for the crimes that they committed and here of course i'm alluding to the war in iraq you mentioned earlier that the united states is not a signatory to the i.c.c. and for helen sake let me say that neither is ru

so he created this character kind of based loosely on luis ocampo who did kosovo and prosecuted rah juansee him to -- and it's a team set up by the counter, who is really wonderful. the show is ed from "criminal minds," his desire to break that template, break that mold and come up with something that was observational, no the procedural. >> i would imagine at this stage in your career, could you pretty much have your choice of roles. what drew you to this one? what's interesting about this character? >> ed bernero's vision, this is a show with one producer and one writer. the two of them are the creators of it and it's sensational way to work. it's filled with sensibility. you can't ask for anything more than that. >> another subject, i know you are a big fan of "24" not just because you're legally required as the father of kiefer sutherland, it is coming back. are you more excited? >> more excited about the fact he and i are going to do a western startinging on the 15th of july. >> that's wonderful. >> then he goes and gets himself broken up and beaten up and we do that -- we do that f