Quote Originally Posted by jmm99 View Post
Not necessarily so. A nation can have full and absolute sovereignty over internal affairs, so long as the exercise or non-exercise of that sovereignty does not adversely impact other nations in a material way. The same concept can be applied to individuals - we call that libertarianism.
Libertarianism, particularly related to individuals, is quite different from what Sec. Chertoff is advocating, IMO. We are not talking about holding states accountable for their actions - that is already the standard - we are talking about extending that accountability to things states often cannot control. There's no precedent for that in Libertarianism that I know of and regardless, there is the fundamental difference between the nature of a state and the nature of an individual.

The theory of reciprocity is all well and good, but as I noted in my first comment, the reality is different.