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This article jumps from the CLOUD Act to the extradition of Dimitry Firtash to something about the US financial system to Iran... I see each point but this piec
by danielfoster 7y ago
This article jumps from the CLOUD Act to the extradition of Dimitry Firtash to something about the US financial system to Iran... I see each point but this piece feels more like rambling than a comprehensive examination of any particular issue.
It's very confusing that the article intertwines domestic issues (the CLOUD act) with unrelated foreign policy issues.
I'm sure there are much better articles on this topic somewhere.
- gmueckl 7y agoI see the contrary. The US has started to try to enact its laws outside its boundaries in ways that run counter to international conventions. This is maybe not a strategy, but at least a general trend. The article tries to make that obvious by listing examples that underscore how broad that trend is. You have to look elsewhere for the juicy details. There's a lot to be discovered.
- agapon 7y agoAmong those examples, it's interesting that Ukraine would gladly either prosecute or extradite Firtash -- a citizen of Ukraine, but Austria does not let either to happen. And I think that it speaks heaps of Austria and its business and political elite's connections to Russia.
- kofejnik 7y agoI, for one, would be _very_ happy to see Firtash extradited; he's Putin's ally, his dirty money and connections corrupted justice in Ukraine for years and obviously had some influence over Austrian bureaucrats, and I hope DOJ have their way with him, preferably with a rusty shovel
- agapon 7y agoI am curious who and why downvotes the parent comment without providing any counter-argument or just a comment of their own indeed.