Irish concerns abt extraterritorial crimes all more ironic given our big-footing in, among others, Viktor Bout. US not LEGALLY global police
@hmfic04 Our entrapment of Bout had nothing to do w/squeamishness abt arms proliferation. He's just not OUR arms proliferator.
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@emptywheel is there a difference between selling to known transnational terrorist groups and sovereign nations?#NotdefendingPrince -
@hmfic04 You mean selling to DEA narcs masquerading as a known terrorist group per the US? http://asiancorrespondent.com/17874/farc-a-terrorist-organization/ … -
@emptywheel so what? He got convicted in federal court on a mountain of evidence. We cared more because he was RUS's arms prolif... -
@hmfic04 You made a claim abt FARC being terrorists. They are in US, not internationally. That is PART of what makes prosecution bigfooting.
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