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Topic: Extraordinary rendition


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  Extraordinary rendition - Voyager, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Extraordinary rendition is an extrajudicial procedure that sends criminal suspects, generally suspected terrorists, to third countries.
The planes used in extraordinary renditions are not leased by the CIA, but instead they are owned by a CIA shell company.
Proponents of extraordinary rendition, and the similarly controversial concept of unlawful combatant, argue that torturing terror suspects, however distasteful, is necessary to help prevent further terrorist attacks, which may only be a matter of hours or days away.
www.voyager.in /Extraordinary_rendition   (4462 words)

  
 Central Intelligence Agency - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The agents are alleged to have taken a suspected Egyptian terrorist, Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, from Milan on 17 February 2003 for extraordinary rendition to Egypt, where according to relatives of the cleric, he was tortured.
The removal of the terrorist was not unusual except that the Italian government has denied having approved the rendition.
Marty's interim report, which was based largely on a compendium of press clippings, has been described by the British Government as "clouded in myth" and "as full of holes as Swiss cheese," and has been harshly criticised by the governments of various EU member states.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/CIA   (7641 words)

  
 Legal Theory Blog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
NYU Colloquium in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory: Elizabeth Harman - Reading # 9 - November 3rd, 2005 Elizabeth Harman, The Mistake in "I'll Be Glad I Did It" Reasoning: The Significance of Future Desires & Sacred Mountains and Beloved Fetuses: Can Loving or Worshipping Something Give It Moral Status?
Revelations about the C.I.A.'s "extraordinary rendition" program have generated heated debate regarding the legal issues that come into play when the United States transfers an individual to the custody of a foreign state in circumstances involving an appreciable risk that the person will be tortured.
Relatively little attention has been paid, however, to the related issues that arise when the U.S. military transfers Guantanamo (GTMO) detainees to the custody of their own governments.
lsolum.blogspot.com /archives/2005_10_01_lsolum_archive.html   (12210 words)

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