You say that you do not talk about other countries as American cops, but then you proceed to explain away the McKinnon case because "US authorities are just as overzealous in going after US teenagers who hack government computers". In other words, there is no difference between a teenager under US jurisdiction, and a teenager who is not; you just instinctively talk as though other jurisdictions were to dance to American tunes. Given that, I do not expect you to understand what I mean by national honour. Our countries, and that includes Switzerland, had given an undertaking to protect this man, whether deserving or not, and had carried out that undertaking for 32 years. I keep asking - and nobody has answered yet - is Polanski any more guilty today than he has been for the last three decades? He bought a house in Switzerland years ago, when the Swiss authorities were quite as well aware of his crime and trial as they are now. What has changed? If an undertaking that has held for 32 years can be broken, and broken in such a disgraceful manner - the victim lured to his arrest under guise of a public honour - then no national undertaking is worth a gram of excrement, and no-one is safe. No wonder that Swiss citizens have stated that they are ashamed of their country. They have a lot more to be ashamed of, but it's a start.

Incidentally, if you want to know of an instance in which the Swiss authorities defied an American extradition warrant, treaty or no treaty, google "Marc Rich." And you will find an important fact: that unless you get yourself a poodle government with no sense of national honour, such as the United Kingdom's, an extradition treaty is NOT a guarantee of getting the man you ask for. A sovereign country decides whether to extradite or not - even if, like Switzerland, it is a country of villains.