US says it has right to kidnap British citizens

Now, here's a helluva way to treat your friends... the Bush regime declares it has a right to kidnap the citizens of our most loyal ally in this world and NOT for purposes of snatching terrorists but for OTHER CRIMES the suspect may be accused of having done... such as bank fraud.

Hey, World, we the American people (at least over 70% of us) do not respect the criminal currently occupying the Oval Office and we do not support his policies. Please keep that in mind. We are even more horrified by his antics than you are.

Bush has no regard for the sovereignty of even our allies.

AMERICA has told Britain that it can “kidnap” British citizens if they are wanted for crimes in the United States.

A senior lawyer for the American government has told the Court of Appeal in London that kidnapping foreign citizens is permissible under American law because the US Supreme Court has sanctioned it.

The admission will alarm the British business community after the case of the so-called NatWest Three, bankers who were extradited to America on fraud charges.

...Until now it was commonly assumed that US law permitted kidnapping only in the “extraordinary rendition” of terrorist suspects.

The American government has for the first time made it clear in a British court that the law applies to anyone, British or otherwise, suspected of a crime by Washington.

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