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well there to talk more about this complex case not joined by brian johnson thomas former arms trafficking expert the un security council there in birmingham u.k. thank you for joining us here on r.t. now the extradition ruling came out after the u.s. administration reportedly someone the thai ambassador in washington well the u.s. ambassador met with toy authorities so all of high powered effort over this case and to ing and fro ing what does all this reveal that. i think they've placed a very high priority on the arrest of victims because they've seen in the american media out of the merchant of death when i would agree. that he's not quite the pivotal character that can seem to pretend to you so how far are the thai authorities ready to go in your opinion why the about face in court rulings and cleared of all charges last year the extradition now what's what's actually going on i think the problem is that if you actually look at american law. as it stands the victim is probably guilty as the case i was parallels of the case last year where another one called monster. was sent down for a

and thai authorities or so if the board has always maintained his innocence well brian johnston thomas former arms trafficking expert for the u.n. security council believes extradition is a matter of when not in. i'm not quite clear why the americans have fought this case so today actually maybe just imagine what it is about thomas thing operation but certainly there are very very keen to get back to the states and the consequences that will follow i think ritu point you want is that the reason why they're not dropped the money laundering charges may be that they can concentrate purely on the sting operation where the victim is alleged to have agreed to supply weapons to the far if that happens then the court in america may also be directed not to look at anything other than the sting operation so they will not be able to bring into court and to open court the very charge when victor was of some service to the pentagon or whoever else the think that victor will go to america he will go on trial in manhattan and he will be found guilty on the narrow charges of agreeing to supply the far

and brian johnson thomas former arms trafficking expert from the u.n. security council thinks that eventually whether it's fair or not victor boot will be extradited to the u.s. . are not quite the americans have fought this case. maybe just about the money they spent on this thing operation but certainly the very very keen to get back to the states. the consequences that will follow i think the two point one is that the reason why they dropped the money laundering charges may be that they can cultured for a. sting operation. is alleged to have agreed to supply weapons to the full. court in america may also be directed not to look at anything. so they will not be able to bring into cole and to open the call. to those of some service to the country. the thing so will go through but he will go on. and he will be found guilty of the charges of of agreeing to supply the. i don't think the. broadcasting to you live from central moscow later this hour for you now for plans to build a mosque near ground zero in new york has split opinion for some saying the is

expert on arms trafficking brian johnson thomas believes washington's battle to jail has become personal. i think the trouble is that. the americans have got a lot invested in this now in terms not just of cash but also national pride and if you look at the revised in darkness which they put in some months ago i far not even strangers on the original sting operation i mean i worked for the united nations over the years i was an arms trafficking expert and it's always seemed to me that if there was a case to a recipe for arms trafficking offenses that would be fine by me i think there was a lack of evidence or whatever of the reason they didn't do that and i think the new charges are just because they're quite keen to point something they complained on back to i think it is worrying i mean what worries me also is a part of back to boots during the time when he was crying allegedly trafficking arms was also flying on behalf of the american pentagon into iraq flying for the british defense ministry and other things which we thought were quite good. you are with and later in the program a tr

and brian johnson thomas former arms trafficking expert for the u.n. security council thinks that eventually whether it's fair or not mr boot will be extradited to the u.s. . i'm not quite clear why the americans have fought this case so tenaciously maybe just imagine what it is spent on a single operation but certainly they are very very keen to get back to the states and the consequences that will follow i think ritu point one is that the reason why they got the money laundering charges may be that they can concentrate purely on the sting operation victor is alleged to have agreed to supply weapons to the fark if that happens then the court in america may also be directed not to look at anything other than a sting operation so they will not be able to bring into court and to open court the many times when victor was of some service to the pentagon or whoever else i think the victor will go to america he will go on for a man and he will be found guilty on the narrow charges of of agreeing to supply the power. i don't think the. loss was good. there wa

and brian johnson thomas a former arms trafficking expert from the u.n. security council believes boots extradition is a matter of when and not if i'm not quite clear why the americans have fought this case so today should still be maybe just devoted to money to spend on the sting operation but certainly they're very very keen to get back to the states on the consequences that will follow i think there are two points here one is that the reason why they dropped the money laundering charges may be that they can concentrate on the sting operation is alleged to have agreed to supply weapons to the phone if that happens then the court in america may also be directed not to look at anything other than the sting operation so they will not be able to bring into court and to open the courts the many times when victor was of some service to the pentagon or whoever else he thinks that picture will go to america he will go on trial in manhattan and he will be found guilty on the no charges of agreeing to supply the puck i don't think that's necessarily fair but that

charges but what this will lead to and how this story will develop and nobody knows so far i'm brian jones and thomas form a trafficking expert for the u.n. security council believes because it's true dition is a matter of when i'm not. are not quite clear why the americans how foolish. babies use the roads in what is about to go parisian would certainly be very very very curious to get back to the. the consequences that will follow i think ritu point you want is that the reason why they dropped the money laundering charges may be that they can concentrate on the sting operation where victory is alleged to have agreed to supply weapons to the pa if that happens then the court in america may also be directed not to look at anything other than a sting operation so they will not be able to bring into court and to open court the very charge when victor was of some service to the pentagon or whoever else i. think that picture will go to america he will go on trial in manhattan and he'll be found guilty on the narrow charges of agreeing to supply the park i don't think that's necessary for but that's what'

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