Look, I don´t know how it´s in the US, but I cannot imagine it to be any different from us: The judges - in fact, the entire judicative branch - is independant, so they´re only bound to the LAW. No Chancellor, President, Gouvernor, Mayor, Congress or whatever can tell them what to do. The (in this case: state) prosecutors are dependant to the state Minister of Justice, but it´s highly unusual that Ministers interfere.
In this case, a German citizen was kidnapped, and this crime shall be investigated and if necessary prosecuted. That´s why a judge has issued an arrest warrant on request of the prosecutors. Now tell me that you had not done the same if Mr. El-Kalid was a US citizen and the German intelligence had kidnapped him!
Yeah but you are'nt the US,and some of the 9/11 hijackers came from Hamburg, germany. There is the differance.Defend the muslims all you like,you wont ever arrest our intel officers.
In the US, Michael, kidnapping across state lines is a federal offense and is not prosecuted by a municipal prosecutor. Are you saying it's different in Germany?
I would normally agree, but the fact that the Italians also have one of these cases against the CIA is alarming. By dragging this into a court, we look foolish to our enemies and hamstring those that risk their lives by spying under deep cover.
One terrorist was arrested, and the Germans have warrants for 13 CIA agents? Why didn't they arrest this guy? Why are they deliberately exposing our intelligence people?
The capture was done in Macedonia, not Germany. So now Deutchland has jurisdiction there?
your German courts are as easily bought and controlled as an nation's.