Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
The question could be a bit more interesting for preclearance airports. Still, I suspect that the answer depends on who owns the land on which one sit standing.
Also, IIRC for things that could happen during a flight, the jurisdiction seems to be the country of the airline operating the flight.
None of these things make any difference at all. At a pre-clearance facility you are still in the same country. It is merely an administrative formality. Some people also think that embassies around the world are 'domestic soil' of the country in question. Not so.