For the past few weeks I've found it hard to care about Naomi Campbell’s connection to the Charles Taylor trial. For as long as I could, I ignored my Special Court for Sierra Leone Google News Alerts on the topic. But as her testimony on August 5 approaches, I’ve started to see some marginally interesting angles. Here are some non-sequitur thoughts.

• • I’ve got to believe a lot of people received “blood diamonds” as gifts from Charles Taylor. And I bet there are some who would have been much happier to testify for the prosecution. This supports my hunch that the prosecution wants Taylor to testify for the publicity. Another less likely possibility is that the prosecution thinks the public/judges will see a Westerner’s testimony as more [...]