President Obama has issued an executive order that gives Interpol full diplomatic immunity.
Why? It’s not a rhetorical question; I really don’t get it. There’s an obvious downside: an international police force that is not answerable to the law. But what is the upside? Even looking for a cynical political benefit, I can’t see one. Steve Schippert thinks it’s a part of a scheme to get America into the International Criminal Court.
(Via the Corner.)
POSTSCRIPT: “Diplomatic immunity” is probably a term of art with someone. I’m not using it that way. (You can read the article to find out exactly what the order does.) But the order definitely gives Interpol privileges that no police force should have, especially an international one.
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