Even as talks about a merger advanced, Mr. Harman had reservations about handingover the reins of his new property to a strong-willed editor who reported to another boss in Mr. Diller, said people familiar with his thinking.
As the torture continued Coats extracted enough information to realise that Lynda had been handingover some of his money to Mr Glen, the property developer she had scammed.
But the State Department considered these properties immune from seizure, and argued that handing them over at the behest of an American court would not only violate the principles of international diplomacy but also endanger American property abroad.