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Hmm, I don't know if I like this or not, do you?
http://www.resistnet.com/group/watchdogsviralactio...
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/01/04/178247/INTE...
http://elliep.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/30/369632...
Yup, the not-so-newly-elected government has made it so the International police are now granted diplomatic immunity which means that they are free to operate on U.S. soil doing whatever they feel is "necessary" without fear of prosecution, ANYTHING, breaking into houses, rape, murder, ANYTHING...
Your thoughts on it?
4 Answers
- The Mick 7Lv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Just another step toward socialism. 62 million voted for this left winger. Hope they're happy with the results.
- Whatever4Lv 71 decade ago
EO 13524 doesn't give full diplomatic immunity to Interpol. It doesn't put Interpol above the CIA or FBI, doesn't allow them to arrest anyone on US Soil. Interpol doesn't do that anywanywhere in the world anyway. They are an information clearing house and coordinate international investigations. They don't have powers to arrest, detain, issue warrants, extradite, conduct searches, or investigate on their own. They coordinate the efforts of national LEOs who do all that.
The EO does give Interpol assets immunity from search and seisure (but not their employees), and exemption from some taxes and customs duties. They were never subject to FOIA requests as they aren't a US organization, although the DOJ who works with them is isubject to the FOIA. The new privileges make it easier for Interpol to work in the US.
The EO 13524 extended some privileges under the International Organizations Immunities Act of 1945. (The IOIA authorizes the President to extend or limit certain privileges to certain organizations. It's done by EO. Obama followed the law set in place by Congress.) Reagan added Interpol to the list in 1983 when they were having a conference in the US. Interpol didn't have a US office until 2004. The Bush administration State Department and Justice Departments suggested that Interpol have the additional privileges available to them under the IOIA. The Bush White House didn't get around to it in time, the Obama White House finished it up. This isn't diplomatic immunity by a longshot. This puts Interpol in the same category as the international Committee of the Red Cross, the African Development Fund, the International Pacific Halibut Commission, etc.
Source(s): http://factcheck.org/2010/01/the-united-states-of-... http://mediamatters.org/research/201001080059 http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Public_Law_79-291 - Anonymous1 decade ago
The fact that this "administration" would willingly and spinelessly sell out American sovereignty shouldn't shock anyone.