I just asked my hubbie -- who is something of a newshound (and has a much better memory than I do) -- if the name "Christopher Tappin" means anything to him. "Yeeeeeeees," he said, but give me a context." When I said "extradition", he remembered who CT is.

Given that my hubbie is way better informed than most Brits (let alone Yanks, including me), and that there is no doubt way more coverage of this story in the UK than in the US (remember that most USians haven't even heard of Gary McKinnon, let alone Christopher Tappin!), I don't think CT's name alone is enough to get folks interested.

I only clicked on this thread (the first time, which was not the first time I noticed it) because I had no idea who CT was and was a bit curious -- and also because it was a nice, unintimidatingly short thread that wouldn't take ages to read (I already feel like I spend too much time reading Mudcat...).

Unfortunately, CT is highly unlikely to have the kind of name recognition factor of Nelson Mandela -- or even, say, Leonard Peltier, so -- as I mentioned before, if you want input from "our own resident Cat dogooders", I strongly suggest you get a mudelf to change the thread's subject... and if you want input from (or better yet, to help raise awareness of) other Yanks, it'd be a good idea to have the word US somewhere in the subject as well...

How's about "Unfair US extradition policy"? (Or if you want to be diplomatic, "Highly questionable US extradition policy"; if not, "Outrageous US extradition policy"!)