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| U.S. Treasure Hunter Freed in Spain Spat | ||
| 2007-10-18 | ||
Sterling Vorus was detained after his ship, the Odyssey Explorer, was seized Tuesday as it sailed into Spanish waters from the British colony of Gibraltar off Spain's southern tip, police said. Spain's Civil Guard held Vorus overnight in the port city of Algeciras after Vorus refused to let officers board his ship, Odyssey Marine Exploration co-chairman Greg Stemm said in Florida. Police searched the vessel on Wednesday, he said.
Odyssey has insisted the shipwreck -- codenamed "Black Swan" -- was in international waters, but has not given the exact location or the ship's name. Stemm insisted that Odyssey's activities are legitimate and transparent. "This whole thing is so crazy," he said. He refused to comment on news reports saying Odyssey removed high-tech equipment from the Explorer before Spanish investigators boarded the ship. | ||
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #16 Give that guy a Letter of Marque! Offer Spain 10%, the USG gets 25% and Captain Vorus gets the rest. Park an Aegis cruiser on the site to enforce it. |
| Posted by: mojo 2007-10-18 15:48 |
| #15 Crusader---Joe is an oracle. He is bringing up stuff from the collective unconscious....in wholesale quantities. Reading it backwards does not help, that is shallow. There are dissertations being written as we speak on his subjects. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-10-18 15:11 |
| #14 If this ship is as old as people think, couldn't the US Navy interfere and "Protect" anything coming from the wreck for historical purposes of some sort? They build reefs, surely there's some way to protect our citizens from un-lawful imprisonment here. |
| Posted by: Charles 2007-10-18 15:00 |
| #13 No mention if the O.E. didn't have one of those minisubs to run outside the Spanish waters with all the booty; then sit and wait for the charade to play out in port...... |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2007-10-18 13:56 |
| #12 Crusader, about half the time there's useful information there. The rest of the time it's just stream of consciousness stuff. In the latter case he generally mentions popular culture and his favorite actresses. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-10-18 12:21 |
| #11 *laughs* |
| Posted by: Crusader 2007-10-18 12:04 |
| #10 Crusader, we've tested a few behind the scenes, but they keep melting. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-10-18 11:08 |
| #9 Is this site ever going to install a JosephMendiola translator? His gibberish is found in nearly every thread. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2007-10-18 10:42 |
| #8 "There have always been navies, laws and the rule of law to help combat pirates," [at court, Thorpe explains that he stopped the Spanish ship and freed Englishmen being held as slaves] Queen Elizabeth: So you have taken it upon yourself to remedy the defects of Spanish justice? Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe: Insofar as it lies within my power, yes, your Grace. Queen Elizabeth: And you conceive it to be part of your... mission to assault and loot the ship of an ambassador to the court? Captain Thorpe, do you imagine that we are at war with Spain? Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe: Your Grace, Spain is at war with the world. The captain of a treasure-hunting ship intercepted in a dispute over a $500 million undersea find was released Wednesday after being held overnight for questioning in a southern Spanish port city Pull on the oars Freedom is yours Strike for the shores of Dover Over the sea Hearty & free Troubles will soon be over Sing as you row Here we go For we know that we row For home, sweet home... Pull on the oars Freedom is yours Strike for the shores of Dover Over the sea Hearty and free, Troubles will soon be over Here we go For we know that we row for Home! Sailing for Home! Home! |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-10-18 08:44 |
| #7 The Spanish must have confused Vorus with an Incan name. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-10-18 07:49 |
| #6 Maybe they couldn't afford to charter a private plane. :-) |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-10-18 06:18 |
| #5 Well, he was in Gibraltar. Kinda hard to leave that port without crossing into Spanish waters. |
| Posted by: gromky 2007-10-18 05:32 |
| #4 Sterling Vorus was detained after his ship, the Odyssey Explorer, was seized Tuesday as it sailed into Spanish waters They almost deserve to have it taken from them for teasing the Spanish like that. |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-10-18 03:21 |
| #3 D *** NG IT, just in time to watch PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN last nite again. ION, UPI/TOPIX > US TO UNVEIL NEW MARITIME STRATEGY. Using naval power for global Humanitarian missions, WAGE WAR TO PREVENT WAR??? NEW STRATEGY IN THE WORKS REPORTEDLY FOR ONLY TWO YARNS. DREAM/VISION > May explain why [post-cataclysm]USN, etal. heavy carriers and other warships are taking people off Pacific islands to transport them to new homes elsewhere. What are infants, the unborn, and elem-middle schoolers now, will be mature adults by then. D *** NG IT, TWO YEARS - IS THAT ALL? CLEARLY USDOD, FBI-CIA, etc, ARE ONCE AGAIN NOT LOOKING AT GWEN STEFANI's BOSOMS/BOOBS. I take it this also means MADONNA will NOT be tucking in to child's bed the future WORLD MESSIAH, ala her song "JESSIE" [Jesus], etal. Iff PYWAR-INTEL can't get their answers from Gwen's bosoms, what will??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-10-18 03:15 |
| #2 AP - why would they do that, when it's so much easier to just |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2007-10-18 00:52 |
| #1 If the Spanish govt is so jazzed up about it, then they can get the treasure themselves. No action at all for the last couple of centuries, though. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-10-18 00:45 |