Bob Unruh from World Net Daily reported that a little-discussed executive order from President Obama giving foreign cops new police powers in the United States by exempting them from such drudgery as compliance with the Freedom of Information Act is raising alarm among commentators who say INTERPOL already had most of the same privileges as diplomats.
"By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 1 of the International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288), and in order to extend the appropriate privileges, exemptions, and immunities to the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 12425 of June 16, 1983, as amended, is further amended by deleting from the first sentence the words "except those provided by Section 2(c), Section 3, Section 4, Section 5, and Section 6 of that Act" and the semicolon that immediately precedes them," he wrote.
At the ThreatsWatch.org website, authors Steve Schippert and Clyde Middleton gave their interpretation of the result.
"In light of what we know and can observe, it is our logical conclusion that President Obama's Executive Order amending President Ronald Reagans' 1983 EO 12425 and placing INTERPOL above the United States Constitution and beyond the legal reach of our own top law enforcement is a precursor to more damaging moves," they wrote.
"When the paths on the road map converge – Iraq withdrawal, Guantánamo closure, perceived American image improved internationally, and an empowered INTERPOL in the United States – it is probable that President Barack Obama will once again make America a signatory to the International Criminal Court. It will be a move that surrenders American sovereignty to an international body whose INTERPOL enforcement arm has already been elevated above the Constitution and American domestic law enforcement," they said.
"This international law enforcement body now operates – now operates – on American soil beyond the reach of our own top law enforcement arm, the FBI, and is immune from Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) requests," ThreatsWatch reported.
But with Obama's change, "It means that we have an international police force authorized to act within the United States that is no longer subject to 4th Amendment Search and Seizure."
At UNDispatch, which is a blog on the United Nations, Mark Leon Goldberg, who explained he worked at Interpol's headquarters in France in 2002, said there isn't much danger of INTERPOL agents whisking Americans off to jail.
The court was introduced to the U.S. when President Bill Clinton signed the Rome Statute in 1998. But President George W. Bush pulled the U.S. out in 2003 over concerns that the ICC might prosecute American soldiers for war-crime charges coming from the U.S. campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The concern was that the ICC doesn't recognize many of the U.S. Constitution's provisions protecting defendants in criminal trials, such as the right to a trial by jury and protections against double jeopardy.
"The meeting at The Hague is also in preparation for the Rome Statute's review in May of 2010," Schaefer said. "Mr. Rapp is there to find out if (the 108) member states are interested in amending the document to address U.S. concerns. Ambassador Rapp is there to learn how substantial the barriers to the U.S. joining the court actually are."
Laney admitted it was a change in U.S. direction that prompted the trip.
"The decision to send Ambassador Rapp reflects the commitment of this administration to engage the international community on issues that affect our foreign policy interests," Andy Laney of the U.S. State Department said.
Cyndi’s Veiw:
Because Obama has elected to do this, American citizens can be prosecuted under International Court by world Judges. We no longer have a corner of freedom in the world. We will not know what laws we are breaking because the World Court doesn’t recognize our Constitution and laws that preserve common human rights.
We, as an unwilling party, joined the One World Government by the hand of Obama. Now, by that same hand, we will be part of a World Court. What will be next?
What about war crimes? We may have a problem if another country decides to prosecute soldiers of our nation because they were only following orders during wartime. You’re going to have soldiers that will refuse to do their jobs in fear of prosecution at a later date.
As I have stated in the past, Transnationalism is in play in our nation and nations around the world. If you have been following the process of Obama’s change since his beginning, you’ll see his socialized economics is his passion. And if you connect the dots you’ll see socialism and transnationalism are bedfellows who then produce globalization. They snatch away human’s right.
There are no boundaries in transnationalism. None of this is going to be a voluntary choice for the people of America. Clearly the fact remains this International body, Interpol Enforcement, is above our highest law and that includes our Constitution.
The Interpol police have diplomatic immunity. So, just say there are dirty cops among them; there will be no consequences for their crimes. Who will they answer to except the World Court? We will have little choice at any rate but to comply to their judgments because we will not know what laws we have broken.
There are no limitations that can constrain this international police force. Will Americans surrender their rights without a word? I think not! We are a people who love our country and will stand for what we hold dear. Have they taken what is ours without firing a shot?
Obama doesn’t answer to the American people. He marches to his own power-grabbing hum. Nor does he care what the people of this great country think or feel.
Is Obama going to be a member of the dictator and tyrant club soon? Does he think Americans have no backbone? Does he think we will follow him with blind faith where ever he leads? I think not!
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