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Snatch And Grab Ops: Justifying Extraterritorial Abduction, Gregory Mcneal, Brian Field

Greg McNeal

The United States government is actively engaged in a search for individuals believed to have killed American citizens and destroyed American property. As most of these individuals live openly in foreign states hostile to the United States, achieving extradition often proves impossible. Despite repeated diplomatic efforts to secure the transfer of these terrorists to America, many continue to operate in foreign states under the protection of the host country's continued denial of the terrorist's presence within their borders. The problem of bringing these individuals to justice is further complicated by the fact that the United States is rarely able to …