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Polanski free, Swiss reject US extradition request
AP via Breitbart ^ | 7/12/10 | Bradley Klapper and Frank Jordans

Posted on 07/12/2010 5:49:41 AM PDT by Haiku Guy

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Color me shocked...
1 posted on 07/12/2010 5:49:42 AM PDT by Haiku Guy
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To: Haiku Guy

The fix is in...


2 posted on 07/12/2010 5:51:05 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Impeachment !)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Yep.

Always.


3 posted on 07/12/2010 5:52:57 AM PDT by Psalm 144 (How many Michael Steele gaffes does it take to make a pattern?)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
The Swiss were not de-Nazified after WWII, and even today they prefer their rapists and mad-dog killers straight up.

Probably best to not visit there.

4 posted on 07/12/2010 5:53:03 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Why did we even bother...?

We should just be grateful to our Dear Leader that we are becomming more and more like europe and accept this turn of events!

I mean after all, “Its not Rape-rape!” (whoopi goldberg)


5 posted on 07/12/2010 5:53:34 AM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Ok, joke's over....Bring back Bush !)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

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.


6 posted on 07/12/2010 5:53:51 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie
But in this particular instance Roman Polanski knew she was 13 years old and, when she declined his entreaties, drugged her with champagne and a Quaalude and then sodomized her. Twice. Which, even on the Whoopi scale, sounds less like rape, or even rape-rape, and more like rape-rape-rape-rape. -- Mark Steyn
7 posted on 07/12/2010 5:57:33 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: Haiku Guy

Another victory for Obama voters.


8 posted on 07/12/2010 5:58:11 AM PDT by Mark was here (It's either Obama or America. There cannot be both.)
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Click The Pic

9 posted on 07/12/2010 6:00:26 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR....Monthly Donors Wanted.)
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To: Haiku Guy

OBarfup hasn’t Pardoned him yet?


10 posted on 07/12/2010 6:00:32 AM PDT by gwilhelm56 (The one thing we learn from history is .. People REFUSE to Learn from History!!)
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To: Haiku Guy

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


11 posted on 07/12/2010 6:04:44 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

“The Swiss mostly blamed U.S. authorities for failing”

This is the consistent theme of this administration. Total failure.


12 posted on 07/12/2010 6:05:08 AM PDT by edcoil (OK, so what's the speed of dark?)
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To: Haiku Guy

Well, if the US didn’t provide the evidence requested by the Swiss to proceed with the extradition, then why should anyone be surprised that they will not do it?


13 posted on 07/12/2010 6:08:19 AM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: Haiku Guy

How much does the White House charge these days?


14 posted on 07/12/2010 6:10:02 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Article IV - Section 4 - The United States shall protect each of them against Invasion)
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In honor of the left's penchant for knee-jerk boycotts, it's appropriate to consider such in this case. Toward that end, the following companies are Swiss-based.

Glencore
Nestlé
Novartis
Hoffmann-La Roche
ABB
Adecco
UBS
Zurich Financial Services
Credit Suisse
Swiss Re The Swatch Group.

15 posted on 07/12/2010 6:10:09 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (A half-truth is a complete lie)
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Polanski later said “The judge was just jealous cuz he, and every man, wants to rape 13 year old and I did it but he did not.”

Polanski then went on to live with and st. rape a 15 years old actress in Paris.

And yet another actress has come forward recently with the same story.

But ...

when you are rich and one of the Hollyweird in-crowd, it’s OK.

Believe me, I lived there, I know this.


16 posted on 07/12/2010 6:11:04 AM PDT by DontTreadOnMe2009 (So stop treading on me already!)
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To: pnh102

It was a prearranged deal between Obama and the Swiss govt.

If Switzerland released the UBS account holder names to the IRS, the Holder would drop the Polanski matter.

If Switzerland didn’t release the UBS names, Holder would provide the evidence they were requesting.

Obama got the UBS names. And the Swiss got to keep Polanski.


17 posted on 07/12/2010 6:14:33 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: pnh102

Well, if the US didn’t provide the evidence requested by the Swiss to proceed with the extradition, then why should anyone be surprised that they will not do it?

*************

You are correct. That is to hold someone without evidence. The fix was not in Switzerland.


18 posted on 07/12/2010 6:17:47 AM PDT by Psalm 144 (How many Michael Steele gaffes does it take to make a pattern?)
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To: Psalm 144

The fix was in between Obama and the Swiss. The requested Polanski evidence was a bargaining chip in the UBS negotiations. It was not turned over by Holder on purpose because the UBS account information was turned over to the IRS a couple weeks ago.


19 posted on 07/12/2010 6:23:05 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: jimbo123
BINGO!!
20 posted on 07/12/2010 6:24:28 AM PDT by mick (Central Banker Capitalism is NOT Free Enterprise)
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