The executive order is here, and the document it refers to is here (PDF).
Volokh, the law blog, indicates there isn't a big problem :
But the e-mails keep coming, and on the theory that some readers might be interested in my vague reaction nonetheless, here’s my tentative take: I have a somewhat hard time seeing what the genuine issues are with Obama’s Executive order.
“We don’t send officers into the field to arrest people; we don’t have agents that go investigate crimes,” said Rachel Billington, an Interpol spokeswoman. “This is always done by the national police in the member country under their national laws.”
Right wingers (or as lefties call them, Reich Wingers) are rattled because Obama, as an inexperienced communist of dubious origin, should never have become president, and needs to be watched closely.
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Hey,
The trick here is that this isn't a big deal...by itself.
I did a history & explanation of this over @ my place (got here from there via long and circuitous route) - Go HERE and you'll see that, like so many things Obama has done that's left people shaking their heads, this act wasn't 'overt' so much as 'set-up'... and the Devil is in the details.
- Ron
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