FWIW, right or wrong the United States takes the position that a wide variety of its laws apply outside of the territorial boundaries of the United Sates.[1] (A

FWIW, right or wrong the United States takes the position that a wide variety of its laws apply outside of the territorial boundaries of the United Sates.[1] (And in practice their interpretation is much broader than the Wikipedia article suggests.) How motivated they are to enforce such laws outside of the United States, however varies from case to case. e.g. Edward Snowden, Marc Rich[2], however cf. Manuel Noriega[3], Ahmed Abu Khattala[4] or generally[5] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterritorial_jurisdiction#Federal_Law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterritorial_jurisdiction#... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Rich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Rich [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Noriega https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Noriega [4] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-captured-benghazi-suspect-in-secret-raid/2014/06/17/7ef8746e-f5cf-11e3-a3a5-42be35962a52_story.html?Post+generic=%3Ftid%3Dsm_twitter_washingtonpost https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-ca... [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_rendition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_rendition