Title 18 USC, Sec. 112. Protection of foreign officials, official guests, and internationally protected persons is the statute most frequently being discussed with regards to this incident. It's noteworthy that the very statute includes the verbiage:
(d) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed or applied so as to abridge the exercise of rights guaranteed under the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
49 posted on 04/25/2006 2:44:43 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
59 posted on 04/25/2006 2:51:14 PM PDT by brytlea
(amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)