Re:Ecuador has begun giving the US some of Julian Assange’s ...
by belorn on Monday May 20, 2019 @04:05PM
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Are we talking about any crimes, or just crimes that would also be illegal in the US?
If we are just talking any crime, planting spying equipment in the UN building is illegal. The building is not international water where no law applies. Diplomatic immunity make it hard to prosecute, but it is still a crime.
If we are only talking about crime that is also a crime in the US then Employees of DynCorp, a US government contractor funded by U.S. tax dollars in Afghanistan paid for the services of underage "dancing boys". Child prostitution is a crime in the US. To the degree that US diplomats was aware of the situation and did not act they are complicit in the crime by continuing providing the funds for it.
There are multiple companies like Boeing, MasterCard, Visa, Monsanto where US diplomats and US politicians gave directly support during international deals. It is unclear how much government employees can go in and directly support a company, especially those that also donate a lot of money to political campaigns.
If we are just talking any crime, planting spying equipment in the UN building is illegal. The building is not international water where no law applies. Diplomatic immunity make it hard to prosecute, but it is still a crime.
If we are only talking about crime that is also a crime in the US then Employees of DynCorp, a US government contractor funded by U.S. tax dollars in Afghanistan paid for the services of underage "dancing boys". Child prostitution is a crime in the US. To the degree that US diplomats was aware of the situation and did not act they are complicit in the crime by continuing providing the funds for it.
There are multiple companies like Boeing, MasterCard, Visa, Monsanto where US diplomats and US politicians gave directly support during international deals. It is unclear how much government employees can go in and directly support a company, especially those that also donate a lot of money to political campaigns.