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US Violates International Law in Failed Plot to Capture Snowden (2013)
- socceroos 12y agoI remember seeing this back when the event occurred. It still baffles me how the USA government has managed to wrangle their way out of this political mess all while trampling on core freedoms.
- sarciszewski 12y agoI remember seeing it and then not hearing the shitstorm I was expecting to follow. It's impressive how they managed to distract the media at the time.
- thret 12y agoI wonder what would happen if the situation had been reversed, and the USA President was sitting in the 'hijacked' plane.
- sarciszewski 12y agoCNN: "$country has kidnapped the President and declared war on the United States"
- kristopolous 12y agoI'm at a loss ... what's the legal framework for this? I'm sure that some lawyer somewhere has justified why this was a legally valid maneuver. What's the narrative that clears this of legal issues? Is it this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_Against_Terrorists http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Milita... and if so, what does international law have to say about events such as this? To what authority are the actors here accountable to? Only their own domestic authorizations?
- cordite 12y agoAnd who does the wrist slapping when countries violate international law?
- ksrm 12y agoDid this not get much coverage in the US?
- sarciszewski 12y agoIt got practically zero coverage in the US.