As I pointed out after his arrest, the fugitive Peter Paul could have waived extradition and returned to the U.S. immediately.
With all due respect Hal, under the laws of Brazil, unique in the world, all extradition proceedings must be determined by the Supreme Court of Brazil with absolutely no possibility of the defendant waiving that process. The US government, in its own opposition to my bail request when I was finally returned to the US in September, 2003, advised the court that once they commenced extradition, it takes a minimum of 18-24 months to complete. However, the US at all times had the power to withdraw the extradition request, terminate the process, and allow me to return voluntarily (with an escort)the very next day, if it wanted me back. It refused to allow me to do that, even after 59,874 supporters filed petitions (along with contributions toward my case through Judicial Watch) with Attorney General Ashcroft in November, 2001, asking him to allow me to do just that, so I could give testimony about the Clinton's misconduct. Not only did the US refuse to allow me to return voluntarily, it used the progressively worsening prison conditions I was illegally subjected to, at the direction of the US Embassy, to try and coerce me to plead guilty to the original "pump and dump" stock fraud indictment filed against me as the only way it would allow me to return to the US immediately. Then, the government waited 58 days AFTER it was notified to pick me up and return me to the US. That notification was delayed procedurally by the US for EIGHT MONTHS after the Supreme Court found that I was extraditable and after I waived any appeal of that 5-4 decision, to finally pick me up. Upon my return the original pump and dump indictment that the government demanded I plead to was superseded by a new indictment that radically changed the charges against me to misusing margin accounts under the supervision of Merrill Lynch.
To HAL9000 and the rest of the FReepers, krucader_bravepages_com is the real Peter Paul.