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That's only 1 side of the coin. How did they convince the Dutch governement to extradite her?

• giobox 4y ago
  Many European countries have relatively one-sided extradition arrangements with the US (one sided in that the US usually has significantly more rights to demand a transfer of a foreign citizen to the US than vice-versa - such is the benefit of being the USA when dealing with small nations). The dutch do have a US extradition treaty, no idea the terms under which it operates. UPDATE looks like they did use the extradition treaty to get her to the USA, 7 year process: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/dutch-national-faces-charges-participation-terror-financing-ring https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/dutch-national-faces-charges-... I also think its kinda wild to be tried and jailed by a foreign nation for a crime that didn't exist in the country you were in at the time you did it. It raises difficult questions of citizenship/sovereignty etc, even if we can likely almost all agree terrorism is a bad thing.
  • cheesierburger 4y ago
    Well this is clearly the better response.
  • _8j50 4y ago
    The Dutch government failed to protect its citizen, that is for sure. The US is in its right to charge her but the laws of her country is what should have protected her. Did she happen to be a minority I wonder?
    • _8j50 4y ago
      I didn't open the link when I commented, my guess was right. It's like this anywhere I think an immigrant will always be seen immigrant first citizen last. In the US intel agencies spy on naturalized citizens same as foreigners, they act like a citizens rights don't apply to them.
• cheesierburger 4y ago
  “They” are the US government… so, probably they just asked?