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From the article: "...But Clark went even further than arguing against justice for Nazis. After Linnas was deported to the Soviet Union in April 1987, he fell ill. At his deathbed was Ramsey Clark, who flew to Leningrad just to be with him..."

Jim, thanks for posting this. I did a little research and found further information about Nazi war criminal Karl Linnas, and his attorney Ramsey Clark.

Even the Soviets recognized Karl Linnas as a Nazi war criminal, head of the Nazi death camp in Tartu, Estonia.

The Soviets tried Linnas in absence then found Linnas guilty and condemned him to death.

The US Supreme Court refused to hear Ramsey Clark's appeal for Linnas then two days later Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall granted Linnas a 25 day stay on deportation.

From the Ukrainian Weekly:

1986: A LOOK BACK
The hunt for Nazis

"...The Supreme Court declined, however, to hear the case of another East European suspected of Nazi complicity. On December 1 the court voted not to hear the case of Estonian Karl Linnas (the vote was 6 to 3, one vote short of what is needed to grant review).

Two days later, Justice Thurgood Marshall granted a 25-day stay of deportation in order to allow Mr. Linnas' attorney, former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark to file a petition for a rehearing before the Supreme Court.

Mr. Linnas is accused of concealing his background as commandant of a Nazi death camp in Tartu, Estonia. A lower court had ordered him deported to the USSR where in 1962, in absentia, he was found guilty and sentenced to death.

The verdict of the Soviet trial was announced in the press even before the proceedings had begun..."

1986: A LOOK BACK The hunt for Nazis