'''Extraordinary rendition''' is the [[CIA]] activity of "transferring" or "flying captured [[terrorist]] suspects from one country to another for [[global detention system|detention]] and interrogation" without the benefit of "formal legal proceedings." [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27826-2004Dec26.html][http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58301-2005Apr16.html]
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=="Extraordinary" or "Irregular" Renditions==
"Persons suspected of terrorist activity may be transferred from one State (i.e., country) for arrest, detention, and/or interrogation. Commonly, this is done through extradition, by which one State surrenders a person within its jurisdiction to a requesting State via a formal legal process, typically established by treaty. Far less often, such transfers are effectuated through a process known as '''extraordinary rendition''' or '''irregular rendition'''. These terms have often been used to refer to the ''extrajudicial'' transfer of a person from one State to another." --Michael John Garcia, Legislative Attorney, American Law, Library of Congress [http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32890.pdf September 22, 2005].
*[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/12/20051206-3.html Press Briefing by Scott McClellan], James S. Brady Briefing Room, December 6, 2005. Click on "Rendition."
==Documents & ReportsAlleged rendition pilots==*In mid 2007, three pilots allegedly involved in the extraordinary rendition of [[http://hatemonitor.csusb.edu/(N)%20Appendix%20E%20Extraditions%20and%20Renditions%20of%20Terrorists%20to%20the%20United%20States,%201993Khalid El-1999Masri]] had their real identities revealed.htm "Patterns The rendition of Global TerrorismEl-2000,"] Released by the Office Masri was a particularly unfortunate one as it eventually turned out to be a case of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Department of Statemistaken identity.<ref>Dana Priest, April 2001: Appendix E: Extraditions and Renditions of Terrorists to the United States (1993-1999).*[http://www.statewashingtonpost.govcom/swp-dyn/ctcontent/rlsarticle/pgtrpt2005/200112/html03/10256AR2005120301476_pf.htm html "Patterns Wrongful Imprisonment: Anatomy of Global Terrorism-2001a CIA Mistake. German Citizen Released After Months in 'Rendition',"] Released by the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism''Washington Post'', Department of StateDecember 4, May 21, 2002: Appendix D: Extraditions and Renditions of Terrorists 2005.</ref> The three pilots are alleged to the United States be *[[James Kovalesky (1993-2001alias James Richard Fairing).*]]<ref name="stefanescuNR">Christina Stefanescu, "[http://www.hrwnetzwerkrecherche.orgde/backgroundernewsletter/usa/us100444/ nr-jahrestagung-2007-zusammenfassungen.pdf Wie enttarnt man einen CIA-Kidnapper? (How does one unmask a CIA kidnapper?)]"The United States(PDF), ' 'Zusammenfassungen zur nr-Jahreskonferenz 2007 (Summaries to the NR yearly conference 2007)'Disappeared', page 22, ''netzwerkrecherche. The CIA’s Long-Term ''Ghost Detaineesde'', 2007.</ref>*[[Eric Robert Hume (alias Eric Matthew Fain)]]<ref name="stefanescuNR"/>*[[Harry Kirk Elarbee (alias Kirk James Bird)]] A <ref>[[Human Rights WatchHarry Kirk Elarbee (alias Kirk James Bird)]] Briefing Paper, October 2004SourceWatch.org, July 26, 2007.</ref> ==Fictional Movies on Extraordinary Rendition==*"[http://hrwwww.moviesonline.org/english/docs/2005/03/28ca/usint10379.htm "Cairo to Kabul to Guantanamomovienews_12685.html Rendition]"] A Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper, March 28, 2005.a Hollywood movie;*"[http://www.fasreuters.orgcom/sgparticle/crsfilmNews/natsec/RL32890idUSN0927498120070810 Extraordinary Rendition]", a low-budget British production.pdf "Renditions ==CIA director: Constraints Imposed by Laws on TortureRendition good, journalists bad==Facing mounting criticism of the renditions policy,"CIA director [[Michael Hayden]] CRS Report for Congress, defended it in a September 22, 2005 (Update); prepared by 2007 speech to the [[Michael John GarciaCouncil on Foreign Relations]], Legislative Attorney, American Law Division. Posted by The session included a [[Federation non-denial denial]] of American Scientistsallegations that the agency uses [[waterboarding]]and other methods of torture.According to an ''Associated Press'' report, Hayden claimed that: *[http://www.aclu.org/safefree/extraordinaryrendition/22203res20051206.html Fact Sheet: The renditions have been "Extraordinary Renditionconducted lawfully,"] [[American Civil Liberties Union]] (ACLU)responsibly, December 6and with a clear and simple purpose: to get terrorists off the streets and gain intelligence on those still at large, 2005" Hayden said.*[http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/9/96/UK_Torture_Memos.pdf Two British Torture Memos (He said media reports "cost us several promising counterterrorism and counterproliferation assets" because CIA sources stopped cooperating out of fear they would be exposed.pdf)] regarding In one case, he said, news leaks gave a foreign government information obtained via torture in Uzbekistan being used by that allowed it to prosecute and jail one of the US CIA's sources. In a 20-minute question-and UK released in -answer session with the audience, Hayden disputed assertions that the blogosphere December 29CIA has used mock drowning, stress positions, 2005hypothermia and dogs to interrogate suspects — all techniques that have been broadly criticized.*[http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/document.do?id=ENGUSA20060404001 Report: "Below That's a pretty good example of taking something to the darkest corner of the radar: Secret flights to torture room and 'disappearance'not reflective of what my agency does,"] [[Amnesty International USA]]he told one person from a human rights organization.<ref>Adam Goldman, April 5, 2006. "[http://wwwap.amnestyusagoogle.orgcom/stoptorturearticle/pdf/below_the_radar_full_report.pdf Full report (45-page pdf)ALeqM5iPMxKLv8VMTyTbkVgGpLC53w3lQg Hayden: CIA Had Fewer Than 100 Prisoners]", ''Associated Press'', September 8, 2007.</ref>
*[[Independent Panel to Review Department of Defense Detention Operations]]
*[[Legal Arguments for Avoiding the Jurisdiction of the Geneva Conventions]]
*[[Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base]]
*[[Military Commissions Act of 2006]]
*[[Opium economy in Afghanistan]]
*[[Post-war Iraq]]
*[[President's Military Order of November 13, 2001, Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism]]
*[[rendition planes and drug smuggling]]
*[[The CIA Secret Prisons Leak]]
*[[war on terrorism]] (many related SW links)
==External Links=References===<references/> ===Documents & Reports===*[http://hatemonitor.csusb.edu/(N)%20Appendix%20E%20Extraditions%20and%20Renditions%20of%20Terrorists%20to%20the%20United%20States,%201993-1999.htm "Patterns of Global Terrorism-2000,"] Released by the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Department of State, April 2001: Appendix E: Extraditions and Renditions of Terrorists to the United States (1993-1999).*[http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2001/html/10256.htm "Patterns of Global Terrorism-2001,"] Released by the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Department of State, May 21, 2002: Appendix D: Extraditions and Renditions of Terrorists to the United States (1993-2001).*[http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/usa/us1004/ "The United States' ''Disappeared''. The CIA’s Long-Term ''Ghost Detainees''."] A [[Human Rights Watch]] Briefing Paper, October 2004.*[http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/03/28/usint10379.htm "Cairo to Kabul to Guantanamo."] A Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper, March 28, 2005.*[http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32890.pdf "Renditions: Constraints Imposed by Laws on Torture,"] CRS Report for Congress, September 22, 2005 (Update); prepared by [[Michael John Garcia]], Legislative Attorney, American Law Division. Posted by [[Federation of American Scientists]].*[http://www.aclu.org/safefree/extraordinaryrendition/22203res20051206.html Fact Sheet: "Extraordinary Rendition,"] [[American Civil Liberties Union]] (ACLU), December 6, 2005.*[https://www.sourcewatch.org/images/9/96/UK_Torture_Memos.pdf Two British Torture Memos (.pdf)] regarding information obtained via torture in Uzbekistan being used by the US and UK released in the blogosphere December 29, 2005.*[http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/document.do?id=ENGUSA20060404001 Report: "Below the radar: Secret flights to torture and 'disappearance',"] [[Amnesty International USA]], April 5, 2006. [http://www.amnestyusa.org/stoptorture/pdf/below_the_radar_full_report.pdf Full report (45-page pdf)].
===Definitions===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendition rendition] in the ''[[Wikipedia]]''.
===2006External articles===*====[[http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/19/uk.Extraordinary rendition/index.html "UK memo fuels CIA flights row,"] CNN Europe, January 19, 2006.*Daniel Dombey, [http://www.truthout.org/cgiexternal articles 2002-2004|2002-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/48/17184 "European Report Raps US over Rendition Flights,"] ''Financial Times'' (UK) (''truthout''), January 24, 2006.*Paul Reynolds, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4644124.stm "Rendition report adds to terror debate,"2004] BBC, January 24, 2006: "The interim report by the Council of Europe on the issue of 'extraordinary renditions' is another sign of the suspicion with which sections of popular opinion in Europe hold the United States."*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4641810.stm "Europe 'knew about' CIA flights,"] BBC, January 24, 2006.*Nicci Smith, [http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1227&id=121852006 "Europe in the dock over the 'outsourcing' of torture by US,"] ''The Scotsman'', January 25, 2006.*[http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1227&id=156842006 "Amnesty calls for 'torture flights' probe,"] ''The Scotsman'', January 31, 2006.*Nile Gardiner and James Jay Carafano, [http://www.heritage.org/Research/Europe/wm988.cfm "The Great EU Inquisition: Europe's Response to the U.S. Rendition Policy"] (WebMemo #988), [[Heritage Foundation]], February 6, 2006.*Gerri Peev, [http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1227&id=277992006 "MPs to quiz officials over 'torture flights',"] ''The Scotsman'', February 23, 2006.*Harvey Thompson and Julie Hyland, [http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/mar2006/rend-m08.shtml "Britain: Government minister admits US 'rendition' planes landed in UK,"] ''WSWS'', March 8, 2006.*Hannah K. Strange, [http://news.monstersandcritics.com/uk/article_1136134.php "U.S.: EU governments 'allowed renditions',"] UPI (''Monsters and Critics'' (UK)), March 10, 2006.*Andrew Woodcock, [http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1227&id=427432006 "73 stops in UK by planes linked to rendition flights,"] ''The Scotsman'', March 18, 2006.*[http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1227&id=461332006 "CIA flights in city fuel stop,"] ''The Scotsman'', March 24, 2006.*[http:Extraordinary rendition//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4878096.stm "Amnesty accuses US on rendition,"external articles 2005|2005] BBC, April 5, 2006.*Gethin Chamberlain, [http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1227&id=520072006 "Human rights group details new claims on CIA 'torture flights',"] ''The Scotsman'', April 5, 2006.*James Kirkup, [http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1227&id=539322006 "100 landings on Scots soil by US jets with torture links,"] ''The Scotsman'', April 8, 2006.*[http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1227&id=598592006 "'No proof' of US terror flights,"] ''The Scotsman'', April 21, 2006.*[http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1227&id=627172006 "CIA 'kidnapped terror suspects on EU territory',"] ''The Scotsman'', April 26, 2006.*[http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/04/26/ciaflights060426.html "European MPs confirm more than 1,000 CIA flights in Europe,"] CBC News (Canada), April 26, 2006.*[http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1227&id=628482006 "CIA's 1,000 undeclared flights violates treaty,"] ''The Scotsman'', April 27, 2006.*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4955126.stm "Macedonia denies 'CIA abduction',"] BBC, April 28, 2006.*Martin Kreickenbaum, [http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/apr2006/cia1-a28.shtml "Amnesty International report exposes European complicity in secret US Extraordinary rendition programme. Part 1: The fate of three Yemenis,"] ''WSWS'', April 28, 2006. *Martin Kreickenbaum, [http://www.wsws.org/external articles/2006/apr2006/cia2-a29.shtml "Amnesty International documents European complicity in secret US rendition programme. Part 2: Collaborating with CIA kidnappers,"] ''WSWS'', April 29, |2006.*[http://www.aclu.org/safefree/torture/25544prs20060511.html "ACLU Applauds Europeans for Investigating Rendition and Torture Claims, Effort Called a Model for U.S."] and [http://www.aclu.org/safefree/torture/25546res20060511.html "Extraordinary Rendition - In Depth,"] [[American Civil Liberties Union]], May 11, 2006.====*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4765355.stm "US lambasted on secret detainees,"] BBC, May 12, 2006.*[http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1227&id=725352006 "Kirk call to end 'torture flights',"] ''The Scotsman'', May 15, 2006.*Simon Freeman, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2188260,00.html "UN panel tells America to end torture and close Guantanamo"] and [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2188305,00.html "UN torture panel has long list of 'concerns' about US,"] ''Times Online'' (UK), May 19, 2006.*Souad Mekhennet and Craig S. Smith, [http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/06/02/news/spy.php "German spy agency admits it knew of 'rendition' by U.S.,"] ''New York Times'' (''International Herald Tribune''), June 2, 2006.*Daniel Dombey, [http://news.ft.com/cms/s/96856f28-f610-11da-b09f-0000779e2340.html "Europeans 'colluded' on rendition flights,"] ''Financial Times'' (UK), June 7, 2006.*[http://www.cbc.ca/storyview/MSN/world/national/2006/06/07/rendition-flights-europe.html "European states colluded with secret CIA flights: report,"] CBC News (Canada), June 7, 2006.*Geoff Meade, [http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article702981.ece "Britain named for colluding in US rendition flights,"] ''Independent'' (UK), June 7, 2006.*[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-2214929,00.html "'Terror flight' inquiry uncovers collusion,"] ''Times Online'' (UK), June 7, 2006.*Philippe Naughton, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-2215004,00.html "Europe 'colluded with web of CIA rendition flights',"] ''Times Online'' (UK), June 7, 2006.*[http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=840622006 "UK is blamed in rendition flight report,"] ''The Scotsman'', June 7, 2006.*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5054426.stm "Europe 'aided US in CIA flights'"] and [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/5054680.stm "UK 'colluded in terror flights',"] BBC, June 7, 2006.*Jan Silva, [http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/06/07/ap2798682.html "Secret CIA Flights Stopped in 2 Countries" (Romania and Poland)], Associated Press (''Forbes''), June 7, 2006.*Stephen Grey and Ian Cobain, [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,1791993,00.html "From logistics to turning a blind eye: Europe's role in terror abductions,"] ''Guardian Unlimited'' (UK), June 7, 2006.*[http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/06/07/marty.rendition/ "Report: CIA flights 'spider's web',"] CNN Europe, June 7, 2006.*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5119650.stm "Watchdog hears CIA flights report,"] BBC, June 27, 2006: "Europe's human rights body is debating a report accusing 14 European states of colluding with the CIA on secret flights transferring terror suspects."*Peter Baker and Michael Abramowitz, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/29/AR2006062902300.html "A Governing Philosophy Rebuffed. Ruling Emphasizes Constitutional Boundaries,"] ''Washington Post'', June 30, 2006.=2007====
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