When a crime does occur at sea, several factors determine whether the U.S. has legal jurisdiction. A complicated weave of international law applies, but as a rule, the FBI leads investigations of the following scenarios:
If the ship is U.S.-owned, regardless of the nationality of the victim or perpetrator;
If the crime occurs in U.S. territorial waters (within 12 miles of the coast);
If the victim or perpetrator is a U.S. national on a ship that departed or is arriving at a U.S. port;
If it’s an act of terrorism against the U.S.
From FBI Website:http://www.fbi.gov/page2/may06/cruise_crime052206.htm
The fact is that the FBI has only an investigatory role, usually after the facts in issue have occurred. In this case the US Navy was required to wait until the FBI was on the scene of interdiction. That IS ATTROCIOUS.And a risk threat to the personnel involved.
Secondly it prevented a military solution to rounding up ALL the pirates who were being lured to the location outside of "Somalia territorial waters." This was a missed opportunity.Its outrageous.
This "victory" saved the life of one man.BUT we could have rounded up a mass of pirates, and secured hostages from many nations. But of course, the "progessive" point of view excludes that possibility.The "progressive" point of view is sick, Wool Gathering.
This was a domestic victory, when it could have been a strategic one. Funny that so many people ignore this fact. The USS Boxer had the means with associate vessels to act uilaterally and complete a job that screamed to be done. But Zero was not listening. Why? Maybe to many pirates are Luo, Zero's paternal tribe?