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<p>Angelina Jolie is many things: actress, activist, mother of forty five children. But she <em>almost </em>had the chance to be a real-life spy.</p><p><i><a href="http://people.com/movies/angelina-jolie-in-plot-to-capture-warlord-joseph-kony/">People</a> </i>reports that documents belonging to the International Criminal Court (ICC) were leaked to French website <em><a href="https://www.mediapart.fr/en/english">Mediapart</a> </em>this week. While we normally wouldn&#39;t assume high-stakes international relations have any overlap while Hollywood, would be wrong. According to the documents, Angelina Jolie offered to trap Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony on behalf of the org.</p><p>Jolie &ldquo;ha[d] the idea to invite Kony to dinner and then arrest him,&rdquo; former ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo wrote over a newly leaked email. &ldquo;Forget other celebrities, she is the one,&rdquo; he writes. &ldquo;She loves to arrest Kony. She is ready. Probably [Brad Pitt] will go also.&rdquo;</p><p>Accompanied by a team of US Special Forces, Jolie&#39;s master plan was to invite Kony to dine with her and her superstar then-husband. Since no one in their right minds would pass up that dinner invite, they would be able to secure Kony&#39;s location for just long enough to swoop in and make an arrest.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Ocampo&#39;s attempt at collaboration with Jolie apparently turned into a bit of a fixation. Even when the idea for the capture had died down, he continued to write her: &quot;Dear Angie, I hope you are well. I miss you,&rdquo; he emailed, with no response.</p><p>Kony is in fact still at large, assumed to be hiding between Sudan and South Sudan. Angelina, are you free for a mission?</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Angelina Jolie once offered herself up as bait to catch an African warlord.

Leah Prinzivalli

Angelina Jolie is many things: actress, activist, mother of forty five children. But she almost had the chance to be a real-life spy.People reports that documents belonging to the International Criminal Court (ICC) were leaked to French website Mediapart this week. While we normally wouldn&#39;t assume high-stakes international relations have any overlap while Hollywood, would be wrong. According to the documents, Angelina Jolie offered to trap Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony on behalf of the org.Jolie &ldquo;ha[d] the idea to invite Kony to dinner and then arrest him,&rdquo; former ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo wrote over a newly leaked email. &ldquo;Forget other celebrities, she is the one,&rdquo; he writes. &ldquo;She loves to arrest Kony. She is ready. Probably [Brad Pitt] will go also.&rdquo;Accompanied by a team of US Special Forces, Jolie&#39;s master plan was to invite Kony to dine with her and her superstar then-husband. Since no one in their right minds would pass up that dinner invite, they would be able to secure Kony&#39;s location for just long enough to swoop in and make an arrest.Ocampo&#39;s attempt at collaboration with Jolie apparently turned into a bit of a fixation. Even when the idea for the capture had died down, he continued to write her: &quot;Dear Angie, I hope you are well. I miss you,&rdquo; he emailed, with no response.Kony is in fact still at large, assumed to be hiding between Sudan and South Sudan. Angelina, are you free for a mission?

Angelina Jolie once offered herself up as bait to catch an African warlord