Extracting a foreign leader and bringing them to your own country for trial? That's not how international law works. A US national security law professor breaks down why this approach crosses a major legal line—it violates fundamental principles of sovereignty and due process that every nation depends on. When you strip away the politics, the legal problems are hard to ignore. These kinds of unilateral actions set dangerous precedents and expose the gaps between what governments actually do and what the international system is supposed to allow.