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Also on BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gjw1j1eq7o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gjw1j1eq7o

by jjgreen 19d ago

lysace 18d ago
I suspect that I can't really understand this: "A US embassy staffer accused of possessing indecent images of children, was detained at his south London flat and flown out of the UK in August, without being first questioned by British police." Sure, I get the overall mechanics. "was... flown" - any brits here to help? What exactly does this mean in BBC English? It implies something, doesn't it?
- muglug 18d ago
  I assume he was taken to a US airbase and flown from there. Americans can recall diplomats back to their home country at any time. He was recalled somewhat more hastily than most. I imagine they said something to the effect of “you will be deported and stand trial in the US; the only question is whether you’re prosecuted in the UK as well”. I imagine that, plus promises to keep his name out of the media, were convincing.
  - lysace 18d ago
    The BBC article goes on with "He was flown back to the United States on a commercial flight, but their investigations are ongoing in conjunction with UK authorities." though.
    - muglug 18d ago
      Other sources say it was a cargo plane, so unclear.
  - expedition32 18d ago
    I have to give it to the Americans their sex offenders register is public. Hopefully he or she ends up homeless and penniless.
    - alexgieg 18d ago
      That's good when the sex offense is for something truly evil. The problem is the US is a Puritan asylum, so things that'd never register as offenses in sane countries, sexual or otherwise, can get people's names in that registry, destroying their lives. And several States are weaponizing this by expanding what's legally labeled as sexually offensive so it covers harmless behaviors of minorities, so now there are people under risk of getting included in the registry due basically to existing.
- jrflowers 18d ago
  He didn’t have wings or a pilot’s license so he had to have somebody else fly him in the plane to where he wouldn’t be in trouble for his CSAM

Also on BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gjw1j1eq7o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gjw1j1eq7o

by jjgreen 19d ago

Also on BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gjw1j1eq7o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gjw1j1eq7o

I suspect that I can't really understand this: "A US embassy staffer accused of possessing indecent images of children, was detained at his south London flat and flown out of the UK in August, without being first questioned by British police." Sure, I get the overall mechanics. "was... flown" - any brits here to help? What exactly does this mean in BBC English? It implies something, doesn't it?

muglug 18d ago
I assume he was taken to a US airbase and flown from there. Americans can recall diplomats back to their home country at any time. He was recalled somewhat more hastily than most. I imagine they said something to the effect of “you will be deported and stand trial in the US; the only question is whether you’re prosecuted in the UK as well”. I imagine that, plus promises to keep his name out of the media, were convincing.
- lysace 18d ago
  The BBC article goes on with "He was flown back to the United States on a commercial flight, but their investigations are ongoing in conjunction with UK authorities." though.
  - muglug 18d ago
    Other sources say it was a cargo plane, so unclear.
- expedition32 18d ago
  I have to give it to the Americans their sex offenders register is public. Hopefully he or she ends up homeless and penniless.
  - alexgieg 18d ago
    That's good when the sex offense is for something truly evil. The problem is the US is a Puritan asylum, so things that'd never register as offenses in sane countries, sexual or otherwise, can get people's names in that registry, destroying their lives. And several States are weaponizing this by expanding what's legally labeled as sexually offensive so it covers harmless behaviors of minorities, so now there are people under risk of getting included in the registry due basically to existing.
jrflowers 18d ago
He didn’t have wings or a pilot’s license so he had to have somebody else fly him in the plane to where he wouldn’t be in trouble for his CSAM