Here's an interesting scrap from the Bell paper on Undercover Sting Operations --you can easily rephrase it to fit the 911 case, just replace "Mexican bankers" with "Tajik/Arab terrorists":
International criticism
Operation Casablanca, which involved the arrest of at least 24 Mexican bankers, some of whom were lured into the United States, was criticised by the Mexican government for conducting undercover operations in Mexico without the permission of the Mexican government and lead to the most serious crisis in U.S.-Mexico relations for many years. President Zedillo complained that the United States should have told the Mexican authorities about the sting operation which used U.S. undercover agents in Mexico and the Mexican Foreign Minister. Rosario Green, threatened to indict and commence extradition proceedings against U.S. Customs undercover agents who had unlawfully operated in Mexico. President Clinton expressed regret to the Mexicans that prior consultation had not been possible in this case, which was, according to law enforcement officials, because of a fear of endangering undercover agents. It had been feared that corrupt Mexican police officers would have betrayed the U.S. agents to the Juarez drug cartel. It is clear that where an undercover operation develops so as to involve a transnational dimension, steps must be taken to ensure that other jurisdictions do not consider their national sovereignty has been violated, otherwise far-reaching political and economic consequences may result.
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Again, the tagline sums it up, doesn't it?
Lesson #1 for your 911 screwups:
It is clear that where an undercover operation develops so as to involve a transnational dimension, steps must be taken to ensure that other jurisdictions do not consider their national sovereignty has been violated, otherwise far-reaching political and economic consequences may result. |
