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.

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[bsDaemon]

But the question on everyone's mind is, can RadioHead expect the same deal?

Re:About time to arm ourselves

[LostCluster]

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?

Re:Don't be silly.

[DoofusOfDeath]

Come on, you're telling me that INTERPOL now has the same protection as the "International Pacific Halibut Commission and Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission".

I'm not worried, as long as they lack the powers of the British Dental Association. Those guys are freakin' crazy.

Re:About time to arm ourselves

[alexhard]

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..

Re:About time to arm ourselves

[bhartman34]

What? I'm a whackjob that believes in the Illuminati as a secret, nefarious society because I can read and quote the act?

Re:About time to arm ourselves

[JustOK]

sudo release me