Friday, July 15, 2005

Law Being Used Against Businessmen / Forbes, 15 Jul 2005

http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/ap/2005/07/15/ap2140496.html
"When Britain signed a treaty with the U.S. in 2003 that drastically reduced the evidence required from U.S. officials seeking to extradite suspected felons, the British government said it was all about speeding up the process of bringing terrorists to justice.

What few expected to see was U.S. authorities using the law to pursue senior executives - whose alleged offenses either took place mostly in Britain or were not even crimes here "