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Roman Polanski released
20 Minutes ^ | 12.07.2010 | unknown

Posted on 07/12/2010 5:28:50 AM PDT by An.American.Expatriate

Site in German-

Polanski has been freed from house arrest in Switzerland and is free to travel.

US has no recourse.


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KEYWORDS: childmolester; free; polanski; robertwolf; swiss; ubs

1 posted on 07/12/2010 5:28:54 AM PDT by An.American.Expatriate
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To: An.American.Expatriate

Press Conference at link (in German)


2 posted on 07/12/2010 5:29:20 AM PDT by An.American.Expatriate (Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
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To: An.American.Expatriate

$


3 posted on 07/12/2010 5:30:49 AM PDT by MindBender26 (Party Like It's 1773....)
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To: An.American.Expatriate

Swiss Government Rejects Polanski Extradition

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-roman-polanski,0,4266929.story


4 posted on 07/12/2010 5:31:12 AM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
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To: An.American.Expatriate
US has no recourse.>>>>>>>>>>>>

Wanna bet? The CIA could do a snatch and grab so fast it would make your head spin, but then that is unlikely under our currect Junta at the White House.

5 posted on 07/12/2010 5:31:16 AM PDT by Candor7 (Obama .......yes.......is fascist... ...He meets every diagnostic of history)
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To: An.American.Expatriate

Great job, Mr. Holder.


6 posted on 07/12/2010 5:31:30 AM PDT by MindBender26 (Party Like It's 1773....)
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To: Candor7

Already in France ...


7 posted on 07/12/2010 5:31:54 AM PDT by An.American.Expatriate (Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
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To: An.American.Expatriate
Polanski has been freed from house arrest in Switzerland and is free to travel.

But not to the U.S. I assume. The warrant on him is still outstanding.

8 posted on 07/12/2010 5:32:53 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: MindBender26

C’mon. Polanski is a pedophile and Holder/Democrats represent pedophiles, rapists, drug gangs, homosexuals, and all deviant peoples. So, Polanski is one of them.


9 posted on 07/12/2010 5:34:05 AM PDT by whitedog57
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To: Non-Sequitur
But not to the U.S. I assume. The warrant on him is still outstanding. LOL - of course not! Europe is where pedophiles go in thier old age ....
10 posted on 07/12/2010 5:34:09 AM PDT by An.American.Expatriate (Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
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To: Candor7
Wanna bet? The CIA could do a snatch and grab so fast it would make your head spin, but then that is unlikely under our currect Junta at the White House.

Or under any other administration I would hope. Since when has the CIA been in the business of collecting foreigners wanted for crimes not related to the national defense of this country?

11 posted on 07/12/2010 5:35:27 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: An.American.Expatriate

It seems the ENTIRE basis of the decision “trust and expectation” - iow - Polanski traveled freely in and out of Switzerland in the past - and expected he could continue to do so in the future - thus his arrest violates Humanitarian Law.


12 posted on 07/12/2010 5:37:58 AM PDT by An.American.Expatriate (Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
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To: An.American.Expatriate

I'm shocked... SHOCKED!!!

13 posted on 07/12/2010 5:38:12 AM PDT by Haiku Guy (Gov. Chris Christie (R) won the NJ-6 held by Rep. Frank Pallone (D) by a 15.5% margin!)
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To: Admin Moderator

Apparently, the mods don’t agree that a live press conference regarding the release of Polanski is breaking news ....


14 posted on 07/12/2010 5:40:17 AM PDT by An.American.Expatriate (Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
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To: An.American.Expatriate

The AMs are content to wait for the English-Language Reuters-massaged version.


15 posted on 07/12/2010 5:42:21 AM PDT by Haiku Guy (Gov. Chris Christie (R) won the NJ-6 held by Rep. Frank Pallone (D) by a 15.5% margin!)
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To: An.American.Expatriate

The Swiss probably meant to release this information in a late-Friday Docu-Dump, but everybody knocked off at noon to get a head start on the week-end.


16 posted on 07/12/2010 5:44:06 AM PDT by Haiku Guy (Gov. Chris Christie (R) won the NJ-6 held by Rep. Frank Pallone (D) by a 15.5% margin!)
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To: MindBender26

$$ or the actions the Obama administration has taken against Switzerland and USB over disclosing names of US citizen with Swiss bank accounts..


17 posted on 07/12/2010 5:44:31 AM PDT by 11th Commandment (http://www.thirty-thousand.org/)
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To: 11th Commandment
Must be that Smart Power...
18 posted on 07/12/2010 5:46:04 AM PDT by Haiku Guy (Gov. Chris Christie (R) won the NJ-6 held by Rep. Frank Pallone (D) by a 15.5% margin!)
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To: An.American.Expatriate

...”Already in France ...”

....where he’ll no doubt be lionized by cafe society.


19 posted on 07/12/2010 5:46:11 AM PDT by STONEWALLS
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To: 11th Commandment

To be fair - GWB started that ...


20 posted on 07/12/2010 5:47:14 AM PDT by An.American.Expatriate (Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
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To: An.American.Expatriate

AP version: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1267366&pos=breaking


21 posted on 07/12/2010 5:47:37 AM PDT by GOPsterinMA (Vote Jill Stein for governor.)
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To: STONEWALLS
....where he’ll no doubt be lionized by cafe society.

That happened 30 years ago ....

22 posted on 07/12/2010 5:47:52 AM PDT by An.American.Expatriate (Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
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To: GOPsterinMA

No link to the live presser there ...


23 posted on 07/12/2010 5:48:38 AM PDT by An.American.Expatriate (Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
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To: An.American.Expatriate

Ok, but it’s the story in English.


24 posted on 07/12/2010 5:49:47 AM PDT by GOPsterinMA (Vote Jill Stein for governor.)
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To: GOPsterinMA
Maybe the Mods will like better.

If English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me!

25 posted on 07/12/2010 5:51:40 AM PDT by Haiku Guy (Gov. Chris Christie (R) won the NJ-6 held by Rep. Frank Pallone (D) by a 15.5% margin!)
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To: An.American.Expatriate

A further “reason” - the swiss could not determine whether Polanski had already served his sentence ...


26 posted on 07/12/2010 5:54:44 AM PDT by An.American.Expatriate (Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
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To: An.American.Expatriate

Obama and Holder’s payback to Switzerland for their agreement to turn over the UBS account holder names to the IRS. The fix was in.


27 posted on 07/12/2010 5:55:10 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: An.American.Expatriate

okay- nobody cares...

good night


28 posted on 07/12/2010 5:56:16 AM PDT by An.American.Expatriate (Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
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To: An.American.Expatriate

I’m sure People Magazine or the TMZ may want this as front page news, but this is primarily a political site and we save breaking for news of consequence, not another idiot celebrity criminal.


29 posted on 07/12/2010 5:57:14 AM PDT by Admin Moderator
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To: jimbo123

Why would Obama and Holder care about Polansky?


30 posted on 07/12/2010 5:57:20 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: 11th Commandment

Exactly. This was part of the UBS deal.


31 posted on 07/12/2010 5:57:27 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: ladyjane

Obama needed the Swiss government to change the law to allow the release of the UBS shareholder names to the IRS. This was a face-saving agreement for the Swiss.


32 posted on 07/12/2010 5:59:43 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: jimbo123

“This was a face-saving agreement for the Swiss.”

We have the answer! You’re 100% correct.


33 posted on 07/12/2010 6:04:02 AM PDT by GOPsterinMA (Vote Jill Stein for governor.)
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Flashback: Roman Polanski’s arrest: a Swiss political ploy to ward off U.S. charges against banking giant UBS?

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/09/polanskis-arrest-a-political-ploy-to-ward-off-us-charges-against-ubs.html


34 posted on 07/12/2010 6:05:14 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: Non-Sequitur

Since Barak Obama achieved the presidency.


35 posted on 07/12/2010 6:12:23 AM PDT by Candor7 (Obama .......yes.......is fascist... ...He meets every diagnostic of history)
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To: Candor7
Since Barak Obama achieved the presidency.

Right. And how many fugitives did the CIA collect under prior administrations?

36 posted on 07/12/2010 7:07:11 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur
If I told you I would have to ......you.
37 posted on 07/12/2010 12:46:02 PM PDT by Candor7 (Obama .......yes.......is fascist... ...He meets every diagnostic of history)
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To: Candor7

Since when does the CIA have jurisdiction over state criminal matters? This wouldn’t be a job for the CIA under any administration.


38 posted on 07/13/2010 11:20:09 AM PDT by Melas
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To: Melas

Of course its not a job under any administration. But do you understand who Obama is? He is a fascist. Leon Panetta is his gopher. Yjat battle was fought in the first few months of the Obama Junta seizing power.The CIA does what Obama tells it, regardless of what it should or should not do.You will see as time goes on.


39 posted on 07/13/2010 11:39:57 AM PDT by Candor7 (Obama .......yes.......is fascist... ...He meets every diagnostic of history)
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