22 U.S.C. § 702 : US Code - Section 702: Arrest of offenders

Search 22 U.S.C. § 702 : US Code - Section 702: Arrest of offenders

Upon a specific or general request of the officer commanding any
friendly foreign force, having service courts of appropriate
jurisdiction within the United States, it shall be lawful for any
person in the civil, military, or naval establishments of the
United States having authority to arrest, summarily to arrest any
member of such force designated in such request and to deliver him
to the custody of any officer of such force or to the custody of
the military or naval authorities of the United States who shall
deliver him forthwith to the custody of an officer of such force,
for trial in such service courts within the United States for such
offenses as shall lie within the jurisdiction of the service courts
of such friendly foreign force: Provided, That the trial of any
member of such friendly foreign force for an offense against a
member of the civilian population shall be in open court (except
where security consideration forbids), shall take place promptly in
the United States and within a reasonable distance from the place
where the offense is alleged to have been committed, for the
convenience of witnesses.