If I hadn't seen all the bullshit in this thread I would be inclined to think that you're trolling, but given the amount of disinformation and psychotic paranoia we're witnessing here, it's not entirely unlikely you're serious.
Interpol does not have investigative powers. They do not have investigative staff. They do not do that. They can't do that. They do not have any power over anyone. Member states provide contact information and some meager funding, so that other members know who to call and can request assistance in formulating requests to other member states' police. That's IT.
For fuck's sake, their budget is in the few dozens of millions of dollars, and they have 188 member states! That'd be barely enough to pay for one full-time employee and his office supplies in each member state, not even counting the head office staff!
The EU can vote "directives" which member states are forced to implement.
Interpol has no such authority over members. It has a phone directory and can forward mail or phone calls. Actually it will probably not even do that, it will just give members the contact info of the person they need to contact. That's about it.
That does not exist. Just like the Universal Postal Union will not deliver letters to your home, nor will you ever be able to lease a phone line from the ITU.
Goddamnit, you people are so fucking stupid, it's unconscionable.
For fuck's sake, you people are so fucking ignorant.
Interpol. Is. Not. A. Police. Force.
It's not a force.
And they don't do police work, any more than the World Postal Union carries letters. They help various member states coordinate police work. They have people's phone number, basically, that's about it. They also have a "most wanted" list or something. Scaaary.
It has an office, it has employees, it has files. They are now immune to search and seizure by the federal government.
The only office that belongs to Interpol are in Lyon, France. (There are also a few small branch offices around the world but none in the US). Good luck searching and seizing that.
The only "office" they "have" in the US is those of the employees of the DOJ that have been charged with coordinating with Interpol. They do not belong to Interpol, they are employed by the DOJ, just like my accountant and his file cabinets do not belong to the tax administration even though he files my taxes.
And by "operate" I mean fill forms, translate documents, maintain a directory, do some criminology research and hold lots of committee meetings.
There are no "Interpol agents". The only "agents" are those of the FBI or local police, and they don't need fucking Interpol to infringe on your rights. And Interpol doesn't even tell them to do anything, they just inform them that such or such member state's police needs or has info on the activities of a suspect that has been or may come to the US.
That's it.
Stop the conspiracy theories. Interpol has a tiny budget, in the tens of millions of dollars, and they have 188 member states -- they couldn't even pay the salaries of one lonely "agent" in each member country! Instead, each member has people they delegate to work with interpol.
If by "agent" you mean anything like "FBI agent" or "CIA agent". The only "agents" it can be seen to have in the US are those of the FBI, but they will only do Interpol's bidding insofar as the Department of Justice wants them to. Interpol has no direct authority over said agents. It doesn't even have indirect authority, for that matter. What happens is that a member state will ask the US representation for cooperation on a criminal matter, and the Dept. of Justice will do what it wants.
It's just a way to share information and to have a single point of contact. There are 188 member states. If you find that a national of one of those 187 other members has killed someone, and time presses to to catch him, you don't want to have to find out who to contact, and possibly realise that you can't speak his language, or have no idea how to present the request to make sure that it doesn't get rejected on a technicality or that it gets forgotten or something. You just call interpol, they handle this, and put you in contact with the right person and handle the paperwork.
And by "you" I mean a DEA agent, a Wichita police officer or a NY DA.
Interpol is an organisation whose member are nations and their police. They coordinate information sharing between member states. They don't do police work themselves. The only Interpol employees stricto sensu are administrative staff. That's it. The only "agents" are those of the FBI in the US, or the RMCP in Canada, and so on and so forth for other members. Nobody's going to show up at your door with an Interpol badge -- ever. Or maybe as a joke or a fraud.
You really are completely clueless about the history of this planet. There were no humans 500 million years ago, no mammals, no dinosaurs either yet, no flowering plants, not much of anything you'd recognize today without a microscope.
And here's a hint: Trantor is a fictional place. It's not true. Duh. For all we know, such a place would have insurmountable problems except with the help of super duper fictional technology we don't possess.
The one that was fit for human evolution, not any of those that were fit for long extinct trilobites, or 1m-wide damselflies, or giant tree ferns, or even giant tree fungi. Not too fond of snowball earths either.
There was certainly a range of climates that were just fine for dinosaurs. We don't have those anymore -- both the climates AND the dinos ('cept birds of course).
That you even ask the damn question is maddening. Do you really have such little clue, or are you so blinded by Republican / Fox News propaganda? Do you really hate humanity so much that you want us to go the way of the T-Rex?
Have you no sense of decency? This was not "meant" to be applicable to everything else, especially not something as trivial (relatively speaking) as the topic at hand.
I am EXTREMELY fed up with the overuse of the holocaust by Israel apologist -- no, that your grand grand parents suffered a lot does not give you any right to do the same to innocent people -- for the same reason as I'm disgusted by this overuse of the cliché: it cheapens the tragedy. Perhaps if you'd met survivors you'd know what I mean.
The TGV line between Paris and Marseille is about 700km long and occupies a 40m wide strip, fences included. That's 28 million square meters, or 2800 hectares. The Roissy airport occupies 3200 hectares, and that's just one end of the trip!
320 km/h on east line (between Paris and Strasbourg) and southernmost part of the network. It requires special overhead lines with higher mechanical tension. Also the line is more thoroughly fenced in those parts.
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Long gone. Have you ever had any to begin with?
Tell me, do you know where the closest Universal Postal Union post office is?
Goddamnit. They have no power. They're an information center.
Imagine Interpol mistakenly tells the FBI that you, iammani, are a wanted fugitive from Cameroun.
Turns out it's not true.
You can't sue them for libel or something.
That's about it. That's about the worst they could do to you.
is probably guaranteed by the Constitution.
It doesn't make them real, though.
It's an international organization.
If I hadn't seen all the bullshit in this thread I would be inclined to think that you're trolling, but given the amount of disinformation and psychotic paranoia we're witnessing here, it's not entirely unlikely you're serious.
Interpol does not have investigative powers. They do not have investigative staff. They do not do that. They can't do that. They do not have any power over anyone. Member states provide contact information and some meager funding, so that other members know who to call and can request assistance in formulating requests to other member states' police. That's IT.
For fuck's sake, their budget is in the few dozens of millions of dollars, and they have 188 member states! That'd be barely enough to pay for one full-time employee and his office supplies in each member state, not even counting the head office staff!
Hint: they don't deliver letters. How come there's "postal" in their name?
The EU can vote "directives" which member states are forced to implement.
Interpol has no such authority over members. It has a phone directory and can forward mail or phone calls. Actually it will probably not even do that, it will just give members the contact info of the person they need to contact. That's about it.
The US was bound by treaty to finance parts of the UN, and they weren't paying what they had promised. So that's a bit hypocritical right there.
That does not exist. Just like the Universal Postal Union will not deliver letters to your home, nor will you ever be able to lease a phone line from the ITU.
Goddamnit, you people are so fucking stupid, it's unconscionable.
Thing is, Interpol members are STATES.
A person cannot be a member of Interpol. Only a STATE.
Go ahead and try to apply for UN membership. Same difference. You can't.
For fuck's sake, you people are so fucking ignorant.
Interpol. Is. Not. A. Police. Force.
It's not a force.
And they don't do police work, any more than the World Postal Union carries letters. They help various member states coordinate police work. They have people's phone number, basically, that's about it. They also have a "most wanted" list or something. Scaaary.
Seriously, what do you think they do when they travel to the US?
It has an office, it has employees, it has files. They are now immune to search and seizure by the federal government.
The only office that belongs to Interpol are in Lyon, France. (There are also a few small branch offices around the world but none in the US). Good luck searching and seizing that.
The only "office" they "have" in the US is those of the employees of the DOJ that have been charged with coordinating with Interpol. They do not belong to Interpol, they are employed by the DOJ, just like my accountant and his file cabinets do not belong to the tax administration even though he files my taxes.
And by "operate" I mean fill forms, translate documents, maintain a directory, do some criminology research and hold lots of committee meetings.
There are no "Interpol agents". The only "agents" are those of the FBI or local police, and they don't need fucking Interpol to infringe on your rights. And Interpol doesn't even tell them to do anything, they just inform them that such or such member state's police needs or has info on the activities of a suspect that has been or may come to the US.
That's it.
Stop the conspiracy theories. Interpol has a tiny budget, in the tens of millions of dollars, and they have 188 member states -- they couldn't even pay the salaries of one lonely "agent" in each member country! Instead, each member has people they delegate to work with interpol.
If by "agent" you mean anything like "FBI agent" or "CIA agent". The only "agents" it can be seen to have in the US are those of the FBI, but they will only do Interpol's bidding insofar as the Department of Justice wants them to. Interpol has no direct authority over said agents. It doesn't even have indirect authority, for that matter. What happens is that a member state will ask the US representation for cooperation on a criminal matter, and the Dept. of Justice will do what it wants.
It's just a way to share information and to have a single point of contact. There are 188 member states. If you find that a national of one of those 187 other members has killed someone, and time presses to to catch him, you don't want to have to find out who to contact, and possibly realise that you can't speak his language, or have no idea how to present the request to make sure that it doesn't get rejected on a technicality or that it gets forgotten or something. You just call interpol, they handle this, and put you in contact with the right person and handle the paperwork.
And by "you" I mean a DEA agent, a Wichita police officer or a NY DA.
Interpol is an organisation whose member are nations and their police. They coordinate information sharing between member states. They don't do police work themselves. The only Interpol employees stricto sensu are administrative staff. That's it. The only "agents" are those of the FBI in the US, or the RMCP in Canada, and so on and so forth for other members. Nobody's going to show up at your door with an Interpol badge -- ever. Or maybe as a joke or a fraud.
That slashdot falls for this right wing scaremongering bullshit is disheartening. Goddamn it, it's not that hard to look shit up on Wikipedia, morons.
You really are completely clueless about the history of this planet. There were no humans 500 million years ago, no mammals, no dinosaurs either yet, no flowering plants, not much of anything you'd recognize today without a microscope.
And here's a hint: Trantor is a fictional place. It's not true. Duh. For all we know, such a place would have insurmountable problems except with the help of super duper fictional technology we don't possess.
The one that was fit for human evolution, not any of those that were fit for long extinct trilobites, or 1m-wide damselflies, or giant tree ferns, or even giant tree fungi. Not too fond of snowball earths either.
There was certainly a range of climates that were just fine for dinosaurs. We don't have those anymore -- both the climates AND the dinos ('cept birds of course).
That you even ask the damn question is maddening. Do you really have such little clue, or are you so blinded by Republican / Fox News propaganda? Do you really hate humanity so much that you want us to go the way of the T-Rex?
Me I just overwrote the Windows disk with a fresh Linux install of my choosing. I got to pick the root password.
Yadda yadda.
Analogies suck. This is a sucky analogy, a tired cliché, and a disgraceful comparison.
I rest my case. Yeah, I know.
Have you no sense of decency? This was not "meant" to be applicable to everything else, especially not something as trivial (relatively speaking) as the topic at hand.
I am EXTREMELY fed up with the overuse of the holocaust by Israel apologist -- no, that your grand grand parents suffered a lot does not give you any right to do the same to innocent people -- for the same reason as I'm disgusted by this overuse of the cliché: it cheapens the tragedy. Perhaps if you'd met survivors you'd know what I mean.
The TGV line between Paris and Marseille is about 700km long and occupies a 40m wide strip, fences included. That's 28 million square meters, or 2800 hectares. The Roissy airport occupies 3200 hectares, and that's just one end of the trip!
That you had the bad taste to compare this to the holocaust, or that at least 2 people thought that it was a good enough idea to mod you up.
Seriously, can't you find a more decent cliché for your karma whoring?
320 km/h on east line (between Paris and Strasbourg) and southernmost part of the network. It requires special overhead lines with higher mechanical tension. Also the line is more thoroughly fenced in those parts.