Word: facto
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...arsenal he could not call upon at home: the ample resources of a defendant in an American courtroom. The general's lawyers raised the standard defense objections about pretrial publicity and inadmissible evidence. Both objections have been given a fresh twist by Noriega's singular status as a de facto head of state tracked down by an invading army. The biggest question, however, is more a matter of politics than of legal procedure. With Noriega in court, will Bush also be on trial...