The authorities can do pretty much as they please, they do not seek my permission.
Where sits Justice?
Read this...
"- Sweden has in the recent past violated international treaties in relation to surrendering foreign nationals into US custody to be interrogated and tortured (case of extraordinary rendition, Agiza v. Sweden at the European Court of Human Rights). Furthermore, Amnesty International and the UN Committee against Torture criticised Sweden because it rendered two refugees to the CIA who were then tortured under the Egyptian regime of Hosni Mubarak. (A documentary with the testimony of tortured refugees who had been granted asylum and then rendered to the CIA by Sweden was aired on Swedish television on 5 October 2011."*
...coupled with what we all used to hear about the 'perfectly lawful' shooting of escapees by the guards along the Berlin Wall.
*From...
http://justice4assange.com/US-Extradition.html