Privately, US diplomats express frustration at their helplessness in the face of theatrical grandstanding by the ambitious federal prosecutor, Preet Bharara, an Indian-American who has launched a series of high-profile cases against Indians in America. For once, however, the zealous Bharara seems to have slipped up, because Khobragade was arrested at a time when she enjoyed full diplomatic (not just consular) immunity as an adviser to India’s United Nations mission during the General Assembly.
私下里，美国外交官员纷纷对面对雄心勃勃的联邦检察官巴拉拉（Preet Bharara）的这一哗众取宠之举无能为力而表示遗憾。巴拉拉是印裔美国人，他曾经发动过多起针对在美印度人的大案。但是，急躁的巴拉拉迟早要栽跟头，因为科巴拉加德被捕时享有完全的外交（而不仅仅是领事）豁免权，因为她是联合国大会期间印度驻联合国顾问。美国国务院对此事的处理——包括批捕科巴拉加德——不可不谓拙劣。