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At the extreme, I suppose some DA or US Attorney might view the seizure as kidnapping and attempt prosecution, but I think that would be unlikely as it would be messy and be tied up in appeals for years with claims of official immunity.
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By contrast, the Obama executive order strips away those limitations, granting the international law enforcement agency blanket immunity from official and private efforts to assess its activities in the United States.
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Lord Bingham concluded that a former head of state enjoys immunity as well because one English statute confers on a head of state the same legal protections as those enjoyed by an ambassador, which a second statute spells out as including immunity for official acts during his tenure as an ambassador even after he has left his post.
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