"Bout is not a citizen of the US, nor do the Americans have any evidence of him breaking the law on US soil, so why are they doing this?" he says. "It appears the US is acting like a global prosecutor, and a world judge. But who gives them this power? This looks something like Guantanamo," where people fall into legal limbo, he says. "The principle is wrong."

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2010/1116/Alleged-arms-dealer-Viktor-Bout-whisked-to-America

But america has no principles.