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tptacek on Oct 19, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Russian Hacker, Wanted by F.B.I., Is Arrested in P...

Russia has no basis for bickering. No norm of international law suggests Russia has the right to shield its citizens from foreign prosecution. US citizens are routinely tried abroad, as well.

That was the point of the checklist I provided upthread.

zde on Oct 20, 2016 | [–]

> US citizens are routinely tried abroad, as well.

Unless treaties give jurisdiction to laughable U.S. military courts, which is often the case.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalese_cable_car_disaster_(1... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Okinawa_rape_incident

CiPHPerCoder on Oct 19, 2016 | [–]

OK, that makes a lot more sense now. The confusion was on my end.

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