course, is that he is now in hong kong, which is under the control of the people s republic of china, which is our adversary when it comes to the matter of disclosing confidential and classified information. so it seems unlikely that he will be extradited from hong kong. so as long as he doesn t leave hong kong, he s probably safe from u.s. prosecution. that s interesting. when we talk about prosecution, what are the avenues? a case like this, would this be something handled in civilian court or would this be something by way of military tribunal? this would be an ordinary american criminal court. it is a felony to intensionally reveal classified information. it s also potential violation of the espionage act which carries very severe penalties. i don t see any reason why this would be under any sort of extraordinary court like a
military tribunal or something else. these kind of crimes are prosecuted in american courtrooms all the time. if you can get your hands on the defendant. here, of course, as i said, the defendant, if he s telling the truth, is in hong kong, and probably outside the jurisdiction of american courtrooms. but if the justice department can get their hands on him, he will certainly be prosecuted in an american criminal court. to what extent cot u.s. go to try to get their hands on him, as you say, even if in hong kong? you know, that s a very complicated question and i don t really know the answer. hong kong is has an unusual status. it is technically part of china, but it operates quasiindependently. but, i don t know what the status of our extradition treaty, if there is one with hong kong. bottom line, based on what i
a capital prosecution in what is supposed to be an american criminal court. ramzi bin alp shibh was a commander in the 9/11 plot after he was unable to join the hijackers himself. peter berger told the lead hijacker which targets bin laden wanted to hit and then telling bin laden that atta selected september 11th as the day of the attacks. the interrogators would have known he gave up a substantial interview about his role in 9/11. they want to get information again and get into it in more detail and structure of al qaeda and any other future plots against the united states. bin alp shibh s attorney