With a stroke of the pen, Obama has just signed away all of your rights as a US citizen.
On December 16, 2009, President Obama signed an Executive Order granting InterPol -- the International Police and the world's largest police organization (!) -- full diplomatic immunity, the same immunity granted to foreign dignitaries.
What does this mean to you?
Well, start by looking at the International Organizations Immunities Act (Public Law 79-291), which effectively defines "diplomatic immunity" for foreign organizations. In brief, any organization that operates in the US under this law is granted certain immunities and exemptions from US law as well as certain privileges. In general, "diplomatic immunity" applies to foreign dignitaries, UN delegations, and the like. Such people are granted (Title I Sec. 2-6) exemption from import taxes and customs and immunity from seizure of their assets. They are exempt from income taxes, Social Security, and Medicare.
But that's just the beginning. Title I Sec. 2(b-c) grants that:
"International organizations, their property and their assets, wherever located, and by whomsoever held, shall enjoy the same immunity from suit and every form of judicial process as is enjoyed by foreign governments...
"Property and assets of international organizations, wherever located and by whomsoever held, shall be immune from search..."
In plain English, that means that anyone who works for an "international organization" cannot be sued, cannot be arrested, and neither their personal property nor the property of the "international organization" can be searched or seized.
On June 16, 1983, then President Ronald Reagan issued Executive Order 12425, which gave InterPol privileges as an International Organization under the International Organizations Immunities Act. However, Reagan specifically excluded provisions 2(c-d) and Sections 3-6. That meant that InterPol was subject to taxation and that InterPol property was subject to search and seizure. Thus InterPol operated as an International Organization, but its officers and operatives were not granted full immunity.
On September 15, 1995, then President Bill Clinton promulgated Executive Order 12971 which gave InterPol immunities from certain customs duties and taxes.
Now comes President Barak Hussein Obama who issued Executive Order 13524 on December 16, 2009 which granted InterPol full and complete immunity as an International Organization.
So what does that mean?
InterPol is charged by 188 countries, including the US, with combating crime that crosses international borders. This includes fighting terrorism, preventing drug and gun trafficking, combatting financial and high-tech crime, and executing extradition orders against fugitives. InterPol could already act within US borders and against US citizens, but up until December 16, we as US citizens were protected by the Constitution. That allowed US citizens to sue InterPol for violating our property rights (illegal search and seizure; the Sixth Amendment). We could get our property back and get compensation for our troubles. We could demand to see the evidence that InterPol claimed against us. InterPol officers -- having no diplomatic immunity -- could even be arrested for violating our rights.
Not any more. With Obama's Executive Order, InterPol has full immunity. They can knock down your door and demand access to your home. They can detain you without charges. They can seize whatever property they wish. And there's nothing you can do about it.
Even worse, you cannot even gain (or sue for) access to InterPol documents, "evidence," or other property -- all InterPol property is now immune from suit.
Let's say that InterPol concludes, based on such secret evidence, that you are involved in drug smuggling from Iran -- one of the 188 countries in which InterPol operates. They can arrest you and extradite you to Iran. Sure, you can fight the extradition in US court, but since InterPol has no requirement to produce evidence, how will you defend yourself against the mysterious drug smuggling charges?
Once you arrive in your beautiful new Iranian prison cell, you will be tried under Iranian law. No doubt you will have a "fair" trial.
As for the family that you leave behind, they will have no recourse whatsoever -- all of the evidence used against you is sealed by Obama's issuance of diplomatic immunity. Your family cannot sue InterPol or its operatives. You're dead in Iran, and they're helpless to do anything about it.
Remember how people used to disappear in the Soviet gulag?
Please G-d, let someone tell me that I'm just paranoid.
According to the NRA, I'm just being paranoid; I hope they're right. (And lest I am accused of not retracting my concerns, I published an article pointing out that I'm wrong. That article ran on my front page just like this original article did.)
