Legally speaking, my understanding is that he did something that the US does not approve of (and is presumably a crime in the US). Then the US requested the co

Legally speaking, my understanding is that he did something that the US does not approve of (and is presumably a crime in the US). Then the US requested the countries he happened to be in to extradite him to the US. If this is correct, if he were in Australia (his country) when the US issued their request, he would have been free, right? (without the possibility to travel I guess as other countries may follow the US request).