McNabb in the News (9/27/06) 2

Senior Principal Douglas McNabb was quoted in a Bloomberg article about Kobi Alexander.

The U.S. and Namibia don't have an extradition treaty, said attorney Douglas McNabb, a Washington-based extradition law expert. Namibia has a statute that permits the rendering of fugitives to a designated list of countries, which Namibia amended today to include the U.S.

``It allows Mr. Alexander to be detained under a provisional arrest warrant and gives the U.S. an opportunity to fully prepare a petition for extradition,'' said McNabb, who appeared as an expert witness for the defense in the extradition of three U.K. bankers to the U.S. to face charges stemming from the collapse of Enron Corp. They are now in Houston awaiting trial.

Alexander's lack of U.S. citizenship will have no effect on extradition, McNabb said. Pahukeni Titus, the first secretary of the Namibian embassy in Washington, didn't return a call seeking comment. Bryan Sierra, a Justice Department spokesman in Washington, declined to comment.^[1]

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[1] Allan Dodds Frank and Bob Van Voris, Former Comverse Chief Alexander Arrested in Namibia, Bloomberg, Sep. 27, 2006.