Reply #12: do I ever wonder ... [View All]

[iverglas]

So they think it's okay to come here and steal our money

... how some people get so much mileage out of those two little letters: "So ... "

Did these guys say they thought it was okay to go to the US and steal money? I don't think so. So I wonder why you'd say they thought it.

They seem to be asserting their innocence, and asking to be tried under the laws that apply. If the US had wanted the offences with which they are charged to be extraditable, the US might have considered seeking an extradition treaty with the UK that said that. (Damn, I wonder whether the US might be concerned about some other countries wanting treaties like that, and wanting US citizens extradited for doing things that the US just doesn't want to extradite them for. Kinda like that International Criminal Court thingy ...)

That little thing called "the rule of law" prevents things being done to people because somebody doesn't like what they are alleged to have done. It requires that there be a law against what they did, and a law that permits the things to be done to them.

It seems that there is such a law in this case: "terror laws". One Big Law, I guess. Amounting to if we say you did something we don't like, we get to do things to you. Just not really compatible with that old rule of law thing.