so he is a free man. he can leave the country. and swiss authorities have said that the u.s. cannot put in another extradition request for him but they can put in an extradition request to another country. so that probably will restrict where polanski travels to next. in terms of why the decision came down, basically the swiss authorities requested for court records from the united states. that request was rejected. and because of that, the swiss authorities say, quote, considering the persisting doubts concerning the presentation of the facts of the case, the request has to be rejected. atika, i m curious, what does this mean for the case moving forward? is it over? certainly, there must be appeals pending now. it is over in terms of the swiss role. switzerland arrested polanski