** Private ** wrote: > Truly, the search and detention of the captain What about it? The ship was clearly in Spains territorial waters (do the math, territorial waters extend for 12 nautical mile, they were 4 (land) mile out of Gibraltar and Gibraltar simply isn't 8 mile long). The ship was suspected of transporting contrabands.
Frankly, I would be concerned if they hadn't searched the ship. > and the flouting of > international laws was bad, but for me not the worst part. Which international laws? At its best requesting permission to board is only required in international water, not in territorial water. But considering the US Coast Guard doesn't ask drugs smugglers permission to board either even if they are quite a bit further out on the sea, what does the US have to complain about? > The confiscation of the reporters media (pads, film and video) > disturbs me more. Why? If I were to film the US military in action I would be happy if confiscation of my media was the only reaction. > I don't know what I want. Maybe some back-room maneuvering to get the > situation taken care of? Maybe some strong public statement of > disappointment? You know, the things a country does when it's rights > are violated. Where exactly are the US rights violated? Even if you wish to maintain somebodies rights were violated, the ship is registered in the Bahama's, not the US. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:244598 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
