Posted on 07/15/2010 9:38:43 AM PDT by kcvl
The Swiss government asked the U.S. Justice Department to release sealed transcripts in the Roman Polanski case just days before a Los Angeles judge was told that the Swiss did not request that information, according to a letter from Swiss officials that points to apparent miscommunication in the case.
The officials said that the denial of access to the information was the key factor in the refusal to extradite the film maker to the U.S., according to the letter to the U.S. Embassy in Bern, Switzerland.
A district attorney's spokeswoman said their office was never notified of the Swiss request and did not know that the Justice Department had turned it down
The letter dated Monday was obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday night. It provided a time line of when the request was filed and when it was turned down.
The letter blamed the denial of extradition solidly on the refusal by the Justice Department to show transcripts of testimony by the film director's original prosecutor to Swiss officials.
"Since the additional documents requested were not transmitted in full, extradition of Roman Polanski to the United States of America is thus denied," said the letter.
Justice Department spokeswoman Laura Sweeney said she had no comment on the matter.
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Two phone calls could have cleared this up too, but the U.S. Dept of Justice didn't really want the Creative Genius Artist Hero extradited, and neither did the Swiss Govt. Wink, nod, oops!
There ya go, Roman. You're a free man. Can I have your autograph? Go forth and rape some more.
“Flub” helped by Polanski holliwierd friends. Cash is king.
Otherwise known as The Obamah Administration.
That’s EXACTLY the question:
Is this a TRUE flub
OR
An INTENTIONAL flub???
Do we have a SYSTEM that can ASK this question and GET an answer OR
IS THIS THE KIND OF THING THAT JUST GOES UNDER THE BRIDGE??
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