Say I’m some hot-shot international criminal, and I’m in the United States, up to some heinous crime. I am a French national, wanted in France for a number of crimes. I get caught here in the States, and they send me to France to be tried, prosecuted and sentenced. I have a few questions about the process of getting my criminal self over to a whole different country:
How? Do they handcuff me and put me on the next flight to Paris, escorted by a few security personnel? Or do they ship criminals on non-commercial or military flights (since I imagine Uncle Sam might have a C-130 to spare for occasions like these)?
Do these flights go through commercial airports, or would they more likely be done through military bases (where I reckon security might be less of an issue)?
What sort of guard would I be under? I’m picturing two black-suited goons with guns and attaché cases and whatnot, but then again, my mind is addled by years of watching Hollywood films.
Treaties are very messy things. Generally each succeeding treaty between the two nations overrides at least one proviso of a previous one and modifies lots of others, so unless you’re looking at some sort of multilateral agreement, it’s very hard to say, “Here is the text of the treaty that governs x between countries y and z.”
Mr. Doyle there frankly does a rather good job of condensing his subject matter into such a short brief, believe it or not.