The deposition is damning. What Khobragade did was entirely premeditated. Richard was always on the A-3 visa, never an A-2 as someone asserted earlier. While I can guess that Khobragade herself was doing it at the suggestion, or even explicit direction, of her superiors, I saw no proof of this.
Perhaps Khobragade herself will implicate her superiors at her trial or sentencing?
Don't think that smuggling Khobragade out will help anyone but her. She's not the only Indian official who acts this way. President Obama is not President Bush. As Pakistanis can testify, Obama doesn't cut slack for foreigners just because they're brown and America needs good relations for strategic purposes.
I wonder what the Secretary-General will think once the State Dept. shows him the deposition along with the contracts Khobragade signed and had notarized? Will he agree that someone like Khobragade belongs on staff? What will India do if he says no?
Members of the Indian diplomatic community might want to remember the first rule when you find yourself in a hole:
stop digging. Other Indians who might still be acting as cheerleaders might want to think about stopping now and realizing how they're being used before other Indians catch on and embarrass them for doing so.