§702 Arrest of offenders

Summary

U.S. officials may immediately arrest a member of a friendly foreign force when that force’s commanding officer asks and the force has military courts in the United States. The arrested person must be handed to an officer of that foreign force, or to U.S. military authorities who will promptly give them to that officer, so they can be tried in the foreign service courts in the U.S. for crimes those courts can hear. If the crime is against a civilian, the trial must be open to the public (unless security reasons prevent it), held promptly in the U.S., and within a reasonable distance of where the crime happened so witnesses can attend.