Saturday, May 2, 2009

How Britain's Legal System Protects Terrorists From Extradition to other Countries

Terrorist bombs in 1998 destroyed the U.S. Embassy (pictured) in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, and the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Associated Press photo by Dave Caulkin/SFGate

Britain Pays to Keep Suspects From U.S. Hands -- Washington Post

The British government has paid nearly $900,000 in legal fees on behalf of three associates of Osama bin Laden who have fended off attempts by the U.S. government to extradite them for a decade, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post.

The three al-Qaeda suspects were arrested in London shortly after the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, which killed more than 200 people. British authorities pledged to extradite them swiftly to the United States to stand trial for their alleged roles in the attacks.

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My Comment: We have the met the enemy .... and it is us.

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