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...ruling, an Italian military tribunal determined that the massacre was a premeditated plan by the Germans and was in no way provoked by the partisans. Moreno Costa, 82, who fought alongside the African-American unit, was among the former resistance fighters who waged that legal battle, and he met Lee last year before filming began. "He talked about commemorating the Buffalo troops, but he didn't say anything about this betrayal," said Costa, reached by phone in his hometown of Pietrasanta, some six miles from St. Anna. "We are indignant about this. I don't understand...
...Costa, who was 18 years old when he fought in 1944 in the battles around St. Anna, says he will not see the film, especially in light of Lee's reply to the historical questions. "Spike Lee can make whatever film he wants," he says. "I don't know why he wanted to insert that [betrayal] scene. Now he doesn't want to apologize, and attacks us? He could have just kept quiet...
...Costa said he will be making periodic trips to Europe as he and his colleagues balance their Harvard teaching responsibilities with their collider work...
...Let’s say we lost three months of data,” da Costa said. “It’s not really three months because we’re going to improve things, and so, in reality, it’s not going to put us back from finding the Higgs by three months because we’re finding better ways to do things...
...Speaking by phone from Geneva, the alpine city that has suddenly become the capital of the physics community, da Costa paused...