<blockquote>"It's really remarkable. I hope some historian is watching this," said Donna Hopkins, a U.S. diplomat who chairs the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, an umbrella group of more than 60 countries and international organizations.

"It's totally voluntary; it's not coercive; no one is in charge," Hopkins said. "The simple fact is that everyone hates pirates."</blockquote>
via <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-fg-somali-pirates-20130602,0,7195265.story">Suspected pirates face unprecedented trial in U.S. court - chicagotribune.com</a>.