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U.S. expresses regret over frisking of Indian ambassador
Expressing regret over the Indian Ambassador to Washington being pulled out of an airport security line and patted down, the U.S. today promised to ensure that such incidents do not recur. The Obama administration has regretted the humiliating incident that took place on December 4 at the Jackson-Evers International Airport where sari-clad Meera Shankar was about to board a flight to Baltimore after attending the Mississippi State University’s programme . . . (www.thehindu.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The Vienna Convention is explicit that "without prejudice to their privileges and immunities, it is the duty of all persons enjoying such privileges and immunities to respect the laws and regulations of the receiving State."
From wikipedia: Rule of Law
The rule of law is a legal maxim that states no person is immune to law.
The phrase has been used since the 17th century, but the concept can be traced to ancient Greece. Aristotle put it this way: "law should govern". Rule of law stands in contrast to the idea that the sovereign is above the law (rex lex), a feature of Roman Law and other legal systems.
Someday people will look back on the war on terror like we look back at the red scare of the 50s... an overhyped threat, with the media's collusion, used to justify vast expansion of the power of the government. There will always be a cause celebré and a new group of well-meaning and no-so-well-meaning people ready to tax and control us for our own good, cf. communists, global warming, global cooling, peak oil, ocean acidification, desertification, overpopulation, killer bees, bee die-offs, etc.
The rule of law is a legal maxim that states no person is immune to law.
The phrase has been used since the 17th century, but the concept can be traced to ancient Greece. Aristotle put it this way: "law should govern". Rule of law stands in contrast to the idea that the sovereign is above the law (rex lex), a feature of Roman Law and other legal systems.
Someday people will look back on the war on terror like we look back at the red scare of the 50s... an overhyped threat, with the media's collusion, used to justify vast expansion of the power of the government. There will always be a cause celebré and a new group of well-meaning and no-so-well-meaning people ready to tax and control us for our own good, cf. communists, global warming, global cooling, peak oil, ocean acidification, desertification, overpopulation, killer bees, bee die-offs, etc.
It is still beside me how all of these people and titles are on "exclusion" lists for the security procedure, but regular joes like us are subject to invasive sexual assault to board an airplane. I think that if there are rules for US citizens to pass through security, then the rules should be applied to everyone flying commercially regardless who you are or what you do.
Got double-posted. :( Wasn't intentional.
Aww come on... they didn't want to be accused of profiling so everyone gets felt up. Besides, Everyone (at least everyone in this administration) knows that U.S. citizens are more likely than foreign nationals to hi-jack airplanes to fly into buildings.
...and the people that hired them.