It’s time for the extraordinary rendition of Roman Polanski

From Hotair:

I emphasize the word “normal” because the Justice Department should still have other options if they were really serious about seeing justice done. The United States has had an extradition treaty with Poland since 1936, renewed in 1999. The Poles are clearly ignoring their obligations under this treaty. As with nearly all of the oldest such treaties, we should only need to determine that the crime in question is covered under the agreement. Since it includes, “murder, attempted murder, rape, kidnapping, burglary and robbery” there’s no problem there. There have been exceptions granted before in cases where nations who don’t have the death penalty refuse to extradite someone to the United States if they might face capital punishment here. But while Polanski’s crimes were monstrous, nobody has ever suggested that he be put to death for them.

So where does that leave us if Polanski clearly qualifies for extradition but the Polish government is refusing to honor their obligations? There is one other step and it’s called extraordinary rendition. It’s a practice which generally sets the ACLU’s hair on fire and prompts objections from around the world, but that’s primarily because it’s been used to move terrorists in a clandestine fashion to places where they might be tortured in violation of “international law.” But the practice itself can be and has been used. So what if the target in question is not only a “suspect” but somebody who has already been convicted in our courts? And what if he’s not facing any chance of torture in some far off, Egyptian dungeon, but will simply be placed in prison alongside all the rest of the rapists and child molesters?

Looked at in this light, it’s not difficult to imagine a situation where either the CIA or some motivated bounty hunters could toss a bag over this monster’s head, shove him into a trunk and get him over the border to a more friendly country where he could be loaded on a plane bound for California. (I’m guessing German might lend a hand, or at least offer a free pass to one of our military bases there.) Once he’s on American soil there’s really not much that either Poland for France could say. If the Obama administration doesn’t want to order a couple of the CIA’s spooks into action, have the Justice Department offer a nice, juicy, seven figure bounty for anyone who arranged for Polanski to “show up” at USAG Kaiserslautern, trussed up and ready to push onboard a transport bound for the states.

I like this idea. make all of Hollywood defend a child rapist.