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INTERPOL Granted Diplomatic Immunity In the US
ShakaUVM writes "A couple of weeks ago without any fanfare or notice in the media, President Obama granted INTERPOL full diplomatic immunity while conducting investigations on American soil. While INTERPOL has been allowed to operate in the US in the past, under an executive order by President Reagan, they've had to follow the same rules as the FBI, CIA, etc., while on American soil. This means, among other things, the new executive order makes INTERPOL immune to Freedom of Information Act requests and that INTERPOL agents cannot be punished for most any crimes they may commit. Hopefully the worst we'll see from this is INTERPOL agents ignoring their speeding tickets." Update: 01/05 02:57 GMT by KD : Reader davecb pointed out an ABC News blog that comes to pretty much the opposite conclusion as to the import of the executive order.
This means, among other things, the new executive order makes INTERPOL immune to Freedom of Information Act requests and that INTERPOL agents cannot be punished for most any crimes they may commit. Hopefully the worst we'll see from this is INTERPOL agents ignoring their speeding tickets.
I'm sold. INTERPOL, sign me up!
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But the question on everyone's mind is, can RadioHead expect the same deal?
Political party X screwed us, vote Y!
Seems like we've only got two valid choices here. Which is the one we hate and the one we like again?
I mean... it seems like an article posted by him. Inaccurate headline (they did not get a grant of full "diplomatic" immunity). Inaccurate summary (agents? INTERPOL is a coordinating entity - there ARE no agents!).
I'm not worried, as long as they lack the powers of the British Dental Association. Those guys are freakin' crazy.
There you go again, ruining a perfectly good flamewar with your fancy schmancy facts and logic and whatnot. We don't take kindly to your kind around here..
Infinite time means everything that can happen, will. You being you is absolutely incidental. You do not exist.
It's cut and dry ... Reagon was an illuminati selling us out to the UN.
Means they can break into people's houses to conduct illegal searches without recourse?
And kidnap Americans, to take them across the border, for interrogation, also without judicial recourse?
Doesn't it?
Yes, that's right. It also gives them special X-Ray Vision, which allows them to see hot chicks nekkid in their clothes, as well as giving them their own drive-through lane and allowing them to bowl free on Wednesdays.
But that's not all it does. President Obama has also exempted them from the laws of thermodynamics, so it won't be long before mustachioed INTERPOL agents in their secret mountain lair will be aiming their death ray at the Pentagon while anti-grav ships hover menacingly overhead.
But wait! There's more! INTERPOL also received permission to travel in time and fuck your mother when she was still hot. So when INTERPOL comes for you, young Skywalker, before you reach for your light saber, consider that the big guy in black with the asthma problem just might be your dad.
Crumb's Corollary: Never bring a knife to a bun fight.
What? I'm a whackjob that believes in the Illuminati as a secret, nefarious society because I can read and quote the act?
They're immune to search, seizure, suit, legal proceedings, taxes, and their families too.
I want to be immune to my family, too!
Sorry, the article has diplomatic immunity.
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