12thRound said:Blair and Bush are tight. I predict they'll be sent to the US.
It's obvious the American gov't can't get bin laden, so they get offshore gambling execs. Pathetic.
finite said:If memory serves both Wash st. and Louisana had dem govenors and legislatures. If you think this is a dem-rep thing your'e very naive. Politics has become mostly sideshow. Reprentative government has intrinsic weaknesses for corruption and subversion. Points about Louisana are well taken but its been that way there for a long time.
12thRound said:Let's hope the UK doesn't extradite them.
Woody0 said:US-UK extradition treaty Article 2 para 1:
"An offense shall be an extraditable offense if the conduct on which the offense is based is punishable under the laws in both States by deprivation of liberty for a period of one year or more or by a more severe penalty."
An online gambling business does not qualify, but concurrent charges such as money laundering might.
12thRound said:Let's hope the UK doesn't extradite them.
I thought things couldn't get worse after the BOS stuff. This whole anti-gambling crusade is just unreal.