Didn't we fight a war or two about this kind of thing?

[mdlbear]

...on the other side, that is...

US says it has right to kidnap British citizens - Times Online

AMERICA has told Britain that it can “kidnap” British citizens if they are wanted for crimes in the United States.

A senior lawyer for the American government has told the Court of Appeal in London that kidnapping foreign citizens is permissible under American law because the US Supreme Court has sanctioned it.

The admission will alarm the British business community after the case of the so-called NatWest Three, bankers who were extradited to America on fraud charges. More than a dozen other British executives, including senior managers at British Airways and BAE Systems, are under investigation by the US authorities and could face criminal charges in America.

Until now it was commonly assumed that US law permitted kidnapping only in the “extraordinary rendition” of terrorist suspects.

The American government has for the first time made it clear in a British court that the law applies to anyone, British or otherwise, suspected of a crime by Washington.

(From this post by wcg.)

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[drewkitty.livejournal.com]

We've already said publicly (passed into domestic law and negotiated as a considerable concession in many nations) that we're not going to allow the International Criminal Court to lay hands on a US servicemember.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Servicemembers'_Protection_Act

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_the_International_Criminal_Court

Empire, one step at a time. How stupid.