Comments on: Natwest Three

By: Ben Kaye

Ben Kaye — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 16:09:41 +0000

I cannot believe that Tony Blair has allowed this to happen. I was going to go to the States for the summer break now - I will stay in Europe cos I feel so disgusted.
When these 3 come home and their book comes out Mr Blair and the rest of his cronies will wince - or by then will they have bought a peerage?

By: John May

John May — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:42:00 +0000

As the alleged crime was committed in the UK and UK authorities do not consider a crime has been committed there is no case for extradition.

By: peter

peter — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:13:19 +0000

this explanation of extradition to the usa of uk citizens is as confusing as it gets. having read it three times the conclusion one comes to is "everything is ok, we are at fault what are you moaning about" so why bother to ratify ? another conclusion is we are all stupid and will believe anything if it is tied up in convoluted language. during the IRA attacks we could not extradite known IRA terrorists from the usa using "probable cause" or "prima facie" or even preavail upon the usa to stop their money collecting operations for the IRA. it was only a short time back when a UK citizen was wrongfully detained in a SA jail for three weeks on the call of the FBI. the uk sat on its hands for that one as well. then there was the atrocious affair of the usa airforce plane slicing through a cable car cable in the italian alps causing the deaths of 20 people what happened to the extradition of the perpatrators as reported then nothing, and they were exonerated in a usa court.

By: peter

peter — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:08:34 +0000

By: peter

peter — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:07:57 +0000

By: M Dugdale

M Dugdale — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:53:26 +0000

I am appalled that this government is willing to give away any rights of British Citizens to the US, virtually on demand,without any valid reciprocal agreement.
Furthermore I have read no valid justification for the trial not being held in Britain or evenan alternative of agreed bail and reasonable timetable for a trial in the US.

By: M Dugdale

M Dugdale — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:53:01 +0000

By: Dr B J Jameson

Dr B J Jameson — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 07:30:41 +0000

The controversy about the extradition of the so called NatWest Three to Mr Bush\x92s United States neglects a fundamental issue. Whether they are guilty or not has no bearing on this fundamental issue, of the extent to which British citizens, including those who have never been to the United States, are subject to American law and can be extradited to the United States on the whim of an FBI officer.