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Re: ICRAVETV



At 01:21 AM 1/26/00 -0500, A. Joseph Ross wrote:

>Then again, I've always wondered how a U.S. court could exercise 
>jurisdiction over Manuel Noriega for acts which he committed in Panama.

The acts in Panama knowingly sent drugs to the U.S., which they had to show
at trial. Under the applicable statute, that's enough. (I believe it's been
tested constitutionally to the U.S. Circuit level.)
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