I s**t you not! The FBI is investigating alleged corruption at the top of FIFA and want to know where the US World Cup bid funds went and how the bid process was conducted to ensure that American money was treated fairly, and they do not rule extradition.
Swiss and European confidentiality don't mean s**t in the US, especially when the chief investigator Garcia is American with an axe to grind!
At risk of upsetting American friends once the US legal system gets involved foreigners are guilty until imprisoned. As for the Swiss, if there is one country in Europe that will stand up for itself it is Switzerland.
All we know about the report is that that Eckert produced a report
based on work commissioned from Garcia. We don't know what the conditions of the report were, the conditions people spoke to the investigation or what legal standing is has, but it seems clear the report was commissioned from Europe and unless there were clauses written into agreement European Law takes precedence.
There may have been corruption, if there was it may involve others not so far mentioned, Garcia may well have a case. But it should be investigated in Europe under European law. If Americans can not abide by European law they should stop accepting commissions.
There is an awful lot of supposition that FIFA is corrupt, maybe - maybe not.
Garcia has taken offence and has by passed FIFA and has turned to US law.
But it might be worth investigating the circumstances surrounding Garcia's involvement of the FBI!
How do Americans feel about their tax$ being used by a private individual to support a 'first accusation claim' against a European employer? And to what extent does his ability to do this rely on being married to an FBI agent?
None of this is clear cut, but I'd trust Swiss and EU law ahead of the USA and certainly ahead of anything the (whiter than white, ha ha) FBI comes up with.
(Did you know that as soon as the letters FBI are used in any electronic communication it is flagged up and assessed by our colonial friends?)