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"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].

==Air CIA==In a follow-up to Dana Priest's December 27To date, 2004, ''Washington Post'' the only public inquiry into extraordinary rendition has been conducted by the [[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27826-2004Dec26.html articleArar Commission]] on the subject, Michael Hirsh, Mark Hosenball and John Barry in [[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6999272/site/newsweek/ relatedCanada]] in ''Newsweek'' February 8, 2005, that into the CIA "ran a secret charter service, shuttling detainees to interrogation facilities worldwide," with suspected terrorists abduction and prospective informants being "snatched" and disappearing, blindfolded, transported, detained, and imprisonedtorture of Syrian-Canadian citizen [[Maher Arar]].

The ''Newsweek'' reporters cited the case of ==[[Khaled el-Masri]], "a German citizen of Lebanese descent, [who said] he was taken off a bus in Macedonia in south-central Europe while on holiday on Dec. 31, 2003, then whisked in handcuffs to a motel outside the capital city of Skopje" and subsequently flown Planes alleged to a prison facility in [[Afghanistan]] where he was "shackled, repeatedly punched and questioned" by the CIA. :"Together with previously disclosed flight plans of a smaller Gulfstream V jet, the Boeing 737's travels are further evidence that a '''global 'ghost' prison system''', where terror suspects are secretly interrogated, is being operated by the CIA. Several of the Gulfstream flights allegedly correlate with other 'renditions,' the controversial practice of secretly spiriting suspects to other countries without [[due process]]. 'The more evidence that comes out, the clearer it is that there's have been a stunning failure of accountability,' [said] lawyer [[John Sifton]] of [[Human Rights Watch]used for extraordinary rendition]." :"CIA officials are increasingly fretful about being saddled with this secret prison network at a time of intense pressure from lawyers and human-rights activists. The CIA's anxiety only deepened last week when President Bush named [[John Negroponte]], his ambassador to [[Iraq]], as the country's first director of national intelligence." Masri was returned, "deposited on a deserted road leading into Macedonia, where he brokenly tried to describe his nightmarish odyssey to a border guard," who laughed at him. ''Newsweek'' "obtained previously unpublished flight plans indicating the agency has been operating a Boeing 737 as part of a top-secret global charter servicing clandestine interrogation facilities used in the war on terror. And the Boeing's flight information, detailed to the day, seems to confirm Masri's tale of abduction."==

==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 Counterterrorismmistaken identity.<ref>Dana Priest, Department of State, 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/usint10379movienews_12685.htm html Rendition]"Cairo to Kabul to Guantanamo."] 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: :The renditions have been "conducted lawfully, responsibly, and with a clear and simple purpose: to get terrorists off the streets and gain intelligence on those still at large," Hayden said.*[http://www.aclu.org/safefree/extraordinaryrendition/22203res20051206.html Fact Sheet: He said media reports "cost us several promising counterterrorism and counterproliferation assets"Extraordinary Renditionbecause CIA sources stopped cooperating out of fear they would be exposed. In one case, he said, news leaks gave a foreign government information that allowed it to prosecute and jail one of the CIA's sources. In a 20-minute question-and-answer session with the audience,"] [[American Civil Liberties Union]] (ACLU)Hayden disputed assertions that the CIA has used mock drowning, December 6stress positions, 2005hypothermia and dogs to interrogate suspects — all techniques that have been broadly criticized.*:"That's a pretty good example of taking something to the darkest corner of the room and not reflective of what my agency does," he told one person from a human rights organization.<ref>Adam Goldman, "[http://wwwap.sourcewatchgoogle.orgcom/imagesarticle/9/96/UK_Torture_Memos.pdf Two British Torture Memos (.pdf)ALeqM5iPMxKLv8VMTyTbkVgGpLC53w3lQg Hayden: CIA Had Fewer Than 100 Prisoners] regarding information obtained via torture in Uzbekistan being used by the US and UK released in the blogosphere December 29", ''Associated Press'', September 8, 20052007.</ref>

==Resources=====Related SourceWatch Resourcesarticles===

*[[Richmor Aviation, Inc.rendition planes and drug smuggling]]

==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)]. 

===2002===*Duncan Campbell, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,665939,00.html "US sends suspects to face torture,"] ''Guardian'' (UK), March 12, 2002.*George B. Newhouse, Jr., [httpcategory:war//www.thelenreid.com/articles/article/art_144_idx.htm "The Long Arm of the Law. The United States has statutory authority to pursue terrorists wherever they may be found throughout the world."peace] "This article appears in the September 2002 edition of Los Angeles Lawyer (Vol. 25, No. 6) and is here reprinted with their permission, ©2002 by the Los Angeles County Bar Association, All Rights Reserved." ===2003===*[http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/arar/arar_statement.html "Maher Arar: statement,"] CBC News Online, November 4, 2003: "The following statement was read by Maher Arar in Ottawa on November 4, 2003, less than one month after being released from prison in Syria." [http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/arar/ Maher Timeline], updated October 27, 2005. Also see [httpcategory://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maher_Arar Maher Ararwar crimes] in the ''Wikipedia''.*Morton Sklar, [http://www.commondreams.org/scriptfiles/views03/1110-10.htm "The Blood Doesn't Wash Off. Any U.S. or Canadian official who sends a person to another country to be tortured is guilty of a major criminal offense and liable for damages,"] ''Globe & Mail'' (Canada) (''Common Dreams''), November 10, 2003.*Robyn E. Blumner, [http://www.sptimes.com/2003/11/16/Columns/Delivering_people_int.shtml "Delivering people into the hands of torturers,"] ''St. Petersburg Times'', November 16, 2003. ===2004===*Christopher H. Pyle, [httpcategory://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/01/04/INGPQ40MET1.DTL "Torture by proxy. How immigration threw a traveler to the wolves,"war in Iraq] ''San Francisco Chronicle'', January 4, 2004.*Tom Engelhardt, [http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=1164 "'Extraordinary rendition' and other terms of our times,"] ''Tom Dispatch'', January 6, 2004.*Matthew Clark, [http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0113/dailyUpdate.html?s=entt "Preventing 'rendition'. The US and Canada take steps to ensure 'torture-by-proxy' doesn't happen again,"] ''Christian Science Monitor'', January 13, 2004.*Kareem Fahim, [httpcategory://www.villagevoice.com/news/0413,fahim,52235,1.html "The Invisible Men. Canadian inquiry may reveal CIA secrets on outsourcing torture,"terrorism] ''Village Voice'', March 30, 2004.*Jessica E. Vascallero, [http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2004/06/24/markey_aims_to_block_transfers_of_suspects?mode=PF "Markey aims to block transfers of suspects,"] ''Boston Globe'', March 24, 2004.*Reed Brody, [http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/10/12/usint9498.htm "Prisoners Who Disappear. Ghost Detainees of the United States,"] ''International Herald Tribune'', October 12, 2004. Special to Human Rights Watch.*Deborah Pearlstein, [httpcategory://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=8788 "Rewarding Bad Behavior. Months after Abu Ghraib, senior officers implicated are in line for promotions, and the House is pushing to legitimize torture,"Extraordinary rendition] ''The American Prospect'', October 19, 2004.*Katherine Hawkins, [http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=8794 "Torturous Passage. The House decided not to condone torture -- but that hasn’t stopped it in the past,"] ''The American Prospect'', October 20, 2004.*Farah Stockman, [http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/12/09/jet_linked_to_torture_claims_is_sold/ "Jet linked to torture claims is sold. Mass. firm had role in flying terror suspects to Egypt,"] ''Boston Globe'', December 9, 2004.*Dana Priest, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27826-2004Dec26.html "Jet Is an Open Secret in Terror War,"] ''Washington Post'', December 27, 2004; also [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002132447_ciaplane28.html posted] by ''Seattle Times'', December 28, 2004.

===2005External articles===*[http://www.columbiatribune.com/2005/Jan/20050109News034.asp "Mystery man takes to skies. Elusive owner’s jet linked to CIA, torture,"] ''Chicago Tribune'' (''Columbia Daily Tribune''), January 9, 2005.*Xeni Jardin, [http://www.boingboing.net/2005/01/11/torture_jet_is_this_.html "Torture Jet: is this the CIA's 'ghost' plane?"] ''Boing Boing'', January 11, 2005.*Jane Mayer, [http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content?050214fa_fact6 "Outsourcing Torture. The secret history of America's 'extraordinary rendition' program,"] ''The New Yorker'', February 7, 2005 (posted); February 14, 2005.*[http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2005/02/more-on-outsourcing-torture.html "More on outsourcing torture,"] ''No Right Turn'', February 10, 2005.*Georg Mascolo and Holger Stark, [http://terrorism.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=terrorism&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fservice.spiegel.de%2Fcache%2Finternational%2Fspiegel%2F0%2C1518%2C341636%2C00.html "The US Stands Accused of Kidnapping,"] ''Der Spiegel'' (about.com), February 14, 2005.*Andrew Cohen, [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/18/opinion/courtwatch/main674973.shtml "Extraordinary Rendition,"] CBS News, February 18, 2005.*[http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=40&ItemID=7292 "U.S.-Held Prisoners Transferred Abroad Subjected to Torture." Michael Ratner interviewed by Scott Harris], ''ZMag'', February 22, 2005.*Ari Berman, [http://www.thenation.com/blogs/outrage?pid=2215 "Shipped in Secret,"] ''The Nation'', February 23, 2005.*[[Charles Colson]], [http://www.pfm.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=BreakPoint1&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=15428 "Outsourcing Evil. Torture and the Two Cities,"] [[Prison Fellowship Ministries]], February 24, 2005.*Jim Lobe, [http://www.anti-war.com/ips/?articleid=4954 "Student in 'Rendition' Case Returns to US for Trial,"] ''AntiWar.com'', February 25, 2005.*Michael Hirsh, Mark Hosenball and John Barry, [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6999272/site/newsweek/ "Aboard Air CIA,"] ''Newsweek'', February 28, 2005.*Bob Herbert, [http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0228-24.htm "It's Called Torture,"] ''New York Times'' (''Common Dreams''), February 28, 2005.*Douglas Jehl and David Johnston, [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/06/politics/06intel.html?ex=1267765200&en=7020075f670ebf72&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland "Rule Change Lets C.I.A. Freely Send Suspects Abroad to Jails,"] ''New York Times'', March 6, 2005; also [http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/37/9433 posted] by ''TruthOut''.*Scott Pelley, [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/04/60minutes/main678155.shtml "CIA Flying Suspects To Torture?"] CBS News, March 6, 2005.*Doug Ireland, [http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0306-21.htm "N.Y. Times Has Really Bad Day On Torture, The Constitution, & Pentagon Mendacity,"] ''Common Dreams'', March 6, 2005.*[http://www.boston.com/news/nationExtraordinary rendition/external articles/2005/03/07/bush_backs_policy_on_terror_suspects/ "Bush backs policy on terror suspects,"] Reuters (''Boston Globe''), March 7, 2005.*Ari Berman, [http://www.thenation.com/blogs/outrage?pid=2246 "National Sec-recy,"] ''The Nation'', March 8, 2005.*Elaine Cassel, [http://www.counterpunch.org/cassel03082005.html "Rendition & Tortured Confessions. The Appalling Case of Ahmed Omar Abu Ali,"] ''Counter Punch'', March 8, 2005. *[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/08/opinion/08tue1.html?ex=1268024400&en=692c12f59ef2b7ae&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland Editorial: "Torture by Proxy,"] ''New York Times'', March 8, 2005.*Shaun Waterman, [http://www.spacewar.com/news/2005/upinews-030905-1412-35.html "Analysis: Rendition A Routine Practice"] and [http://www.spacewar.com/news/2005/upinews-030905-14102002-52.html "Ex2004|2002-Cia Lawyer Calls For Law On Rendition,"] UPI (spacewar.com), March 9, 2005.*Michael Scheuer, [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/11/opinion/11scheuer.html?ex=1268283600&en=88e44ac82a11db33&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt "A Fine Rendition,"2004] ''New York Times'', March 11, 2005.*[http://www.talkleft.com/new_archives/009994.html "Rendition Comes Out of the Closet,"] ''Talk Left'', March 11, 2005.*[http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110006406 "Rendering Al Qaeda. So how is the CIA supposed to squeeze terrorists?"] ''Opinion Journal'', March 11, 2005.*William Fisher, [http://www.antiwar.com/ips/fisher.php?articleid=5165 "Rendition, or Outsourcing Torture?"] ''AntiWar.com'', March 12, 2005.*Jim Lobe, [http://www.antiwar.com/ips/?articleid=5165 "Rendition, or Outsourcing Torture?"] ''AntiWar.com'', March 12, 2005.*Christy Harvey, Judd Legum and Jonathan Baskin, [http://www.americanprogressaction.org/site/pp.asp?c=klLWJcP7H&b=459321#1 "Extraordinarily Irresponsible,"] ''Progress Report'', March 15, 2005.*Dana Priest, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A42072-2005Mar16?language=printer "CIA's Assurances On Transferred Suspects Doubted. Prisoners Say Countries Break No-Torture Pledges,"] ''Washington Post'', March 17, 2005.*Kevin Zeese, [http://democracyrising.us/content/view/184/165 "The Outsourcing of Torture,"] ''Democracy Rising'', March 24, 2005.*Megan K. Stack, [http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/37/10003 "Case Allegedly Shows US Practice of Secret Arrests,"] ''Los Angeles Times'' (''TruthOut''), March 30, 2005. *Stephen Grey, [http://mondediplo.com/2005/04/04usatorture "United States: trade in torture,"] ''Le Monde diplomatique'', April 2005.*James Mawson, [http://archive.muslimuzbekistan.com/eng/ennews/2005/04/ennews04042005a2.html "Expendable or Vital in the 'War on Terror'?"] ''Muslim Uzbekistan.com'', April 4, 2005.*Jeffrey St. Clair, [http://www.counterpunch.org/stclair04092005.html "The Road to Rendition. Torture Air, Incorporated,"] ''Counter Punch'', April 9/10, 2005. *Daniel Byman, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58301-2005Apr16.html "Reject the Abuses, Retain the Tactic,"] ''Washington Post'', April 17, 2005; also [http://www.brookings.edu/views/op-ed/byman/20050417.htm posted] by [[Brookings Institution]].*Lisa Myers, Aram Roston and NBC Investigative Unit, [http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7591918 "CIA accused of detaining innocent man. If the agency knew he was the wrong man, why was he held?"] NBC News, April 21, 2005.*Susan B. Glasser, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/26/AR2005042601623.html "U.S. Figures Show Sharp Global Rise In Terrorism. State Dept. Will Not Put Data in Report,"] ''Washington Post'', April 27, 2005.*Don Van Atta, Jr., [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/05/01/MNGE5CI9MO1.DTL "Growing evidence U.S. sending prisoners to torture capital. Despite bad record on human rights, Uzbekistan is ally,"] ''New York Times'' (''San Francisco Chronicle''), May 1, 2005.*Helen Thomas, [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/222843_thomas05.html "'Ghost detainees' should haunt CIA,"] Hearst Newspapers (''Seattle Post-Intelligencer''), May 5, 2005.*Reuel Marc Gerecht, [http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/582xauup.asp "Against Rendition. Why the CIA shouldn't outsource interrogations to countries that torture,"] ''The Weekly Standard'', May 16, 2005; also [http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.22475/pub_detail.asp posted] May 9, 2005, by [[American Enterprise Institute]].*Danielle Knight, [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/050523/23rend.htm "Outsourcing a real nasty job. Shipping terrorism suspects overseas for some tough questioning may make sense. But is it legal?"] ''US News & World Report'', May 23, 2005.*Alan Cowell, [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/26/news/rights.php "Amnesty accuses U.S. of 'atrocious' violations,"] ''New York Times'' (''International Herald Tribune''), May 27, 2005.*[http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/eca/canada/arar/2.htm "Pre 9/11 Renditions,"] [[Human Rights Watch]], June 2005.*Dr. Liaquat Ali Khan, [http://baltimorechronicle.com/060705AliKhan.shtml "Friendly Renditions to Muslim Torture Chambers,"] ''Baltimore Chronicle'', June 7, 2005.*Reuel Marc Gerecht, [http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.22759,filter.all/pub_detail.asp "What's the Matter with Gitmo?"] American Enterprise Institute, May 27, 2005; [http://www.weeklystandard.com/Utilities/printer_preview.asp?idArticle=5771&R=C5C22781B posted] in ''The Weekly Standard'', July 4/11, 2005 (issue).*Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball, [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8409341/site/newsweek "More Questions on Missing Imam. If the CIA did abduct Abu Omar in Italy, the timing suggests his rendition was connected to the upcoming war in Iraq,"] ''Newsweek'' (MSNBC), June 29, 2005.*Tim Naftali, [http://www.slate.com/id/2121801 "Milan Snatch. Extraordinary rendition comes back to bite the Bush administration,"] ''Slate'', June 30, 2005.*[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8769416/site/newsweek "Exclusive: Secret Memo—Send to Be Tortured,"] ''Newsweek'' (MSNBC), August 8, external articles 2005.*Laura Rozen, [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/|2005/08/09/opinion/main768057.shtml "Italy Revolts Against Rendition,"] ''The American Prospect'' (CBS News/Associated Press), August 9, 2005.*Giles Tremlett, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1642829,00.html "Spanish police expose more CIA links to secret flights of detainees. 42 operatives traced going through Palma airport. Names unearthed match Italian and German inquiries,"] ''Guardian'' (UK), November 15, 2005.*[http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/conspiracy_theory/fullstory.asp?id=275 "All about the 22 CIA agents' involvement in Abu Umar's 'Rendition',"] ''[[Al Jazeera]]'', November 16, 2005.*Dana Priest, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/03/AR2005120301476_pf.html "Wrongful Imprisonment: Anatomy of a CIA Mistake. German Citizen Released After Months in 'Rendition',"] ''Washington Post'', December 4, 2005.*Anne Gearman, [http://apnews.myway.com/article/20051205/D8E9VCA00.html "Rice to Address CIA Prison Issue in Europe,"] Associated Press, December 5, 2005.*[http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B5B83DD20-258E-49B2-A40A-890A3C65713D%7D%29&language=EN "CIA Used Irish Airport,"] Prensa Latina, December 5, 2005.*[http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/05/1455239 "Extraordinary Rendition Scandal Reaches New Heights: Rice on the Offensive in Europe Over Bush Administration's Use of 'Torture Flights',"] [[Democracy Now!]], December 5, 2005.*Andrew Tyrie, [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/05/1455243 "British Tory MP Blasts Extraordinary Rendition, Says Britain Broke International Law and 'Complicit in Torture' if Flights Passed Through UK,"] Democracy Now!, December 5, 2005.*[http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=ac_wVfU3t7So&refer=europe "CIA Flights Made 50 Landings at Ireland's Shannon, Amnesty Says,"] Bloomberg News, December 5, 2005.*[http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/12/05/ciaflights051205.html "Canada will investigate allegations of secret CIA flights,"] CBC News (Canada), December 5, 2005.*[http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/terrorism/july-dec05/rendition_12-5.html "Debating Rendition Tactics,"] [[PBS]] Online NewsHour, December 5, 2005: "Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Monday defended the CIA practice of snatching and transferring terror suspects overseas for questioning, a tactic also known as rendition."*David Charter, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-1905661,00.html "An innocent man's five months in CIA 'salt pit',"] ''Times Online'' (UK), December 6, 2005.*[[David Corn]], [http://www.davidcorn.com/archives/2005/12/more_on_rice_an.php "More on Rice and Torture/Waxman on Oversight (or the Lack Thereof),"] ''DavidCorn.com'', December 6, 2005.*Suzanne Goldenberg and Luke Harding, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1659148,00.html "Detainee flights have saved European lives, says Rice,"] ''Guardian'' (UK), December 6, 2005.*Chris Marsden, [http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/dec2005/rice-d06.shtml "Rice defends illegal 'renditions,' threatens to reveal European complicity,"] ''WSWS'', December 6, 2005.*Tom Regan, [http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1206/dailyUpdate.html?s=rel "Rendition not foolproof. Rice defends practice but records show serious mistakes have been made,"] ''Christian Science Monitor'', December 6, 2005.*Anne Penketh, [http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article331461.ece "The questions Condoleezza must answer. You say the US does not permit torture under any circumstances. So why are you bending the torture rules?"] ''Independent'' (UK), December 6, 2005.*[http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,3604,1658879,00.html "Extraordinary and Unacceptable,"] ''Guardian'' (UK), December 6, 2005.*Colin Brown, [http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article331462.ece "MPs dismiss US denials as 'disingenuous' and 'beyond belief',"] ''Independent'' (UK), December 6, 2005.*Will Lester, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/06/AR2005120600110.html "AP Poll: Most Say Torture OK in Rare Cases,"] Associated Press (''Washington Post''), December 6, 2005.*Paul Tait, [http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/america-abusing-mandate-in-iraq/2005/12/05/1133631201911.html "America 'abusing' mandate in Iraq,"] Reuters (''The Age'' (Australia)), December 6, 2005.*Suzanne Goldenberg, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1659153,00.html "US defence of tactic makes no sense says legal expert,"] ''Guardian'' (UK), December 6, 2005.*[http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1660182,00.html "Human rights group to sue CIA,"] ''Guardian'' (UK), December 6, 2005.*Craig Whitlock, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/04/AR2005120400885_pf.html "CIA Ruse Is Said to Have Damaged Probe in Milan. Italy Allegedly Misled on Cleric's Abduction,"] ''Washington Post'', December 6, 2005.*Greg Sampson, [http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2005/12/bush-denies-us-rendition-for-torture.php "Bush denies US rendition for torture but Rice acknowledges 'mistakes',"] ''Jurist'', December 6, 2005.*[http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/07/1519249 "Extraordinary Rendition Under Fire: Lawsuit Charges CIA with Kidnapping and Torture of German Citizen,"] Democracy Now!, December 7, 2005.*Patrick Martin, [http://wsws.org/external articles/2005/dec2005/rice-d07.shtml "Bush, Rice defend US abductions, torture, secret prisons,"2006|2006] ''WSWS'', December 7, 2005.*Lila Rajiva, [http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Dec05/Rajiva1207.htm "Flying the Friendly Skies. What Did European Agencies Know About the Torture Flights?"] ''Dissident Voice'', December 7, 2005.*[http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/terrorism/july-dec05/debate_12-7.html "Handling Terror Suspects,"] PBS Online NewsHour, December 7, 2005.*Michael Jansen, [http://www.jordantimes.com/thu/opinion/opinion2.htm Opinion: "Rendition and torture are no solution,"] ''Jordan Times'', December 8, 2005.*[http://www.thenation.com/doc/20051226/editors Editorial: "Conspiracy to Torture,"] ''The Nation'', December 8, 2005 (posted); December 26, 2005 (issue).*Anthony Lewis, [http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20051226&s=lewis "The Torture Administration,"] ''The Nation'', December 8, 2005 (posted); December 26, 2005 (issue).*Haroon Sidiqui, [http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=Article&cid=1133995813916&call_pageid=968256290204 "Rice's tortured logic on torture,"] ''Toronto Star'' (Canada), December 8, 2005.*Douglas Jehl, [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/09/politics/09intel.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5094&en=7e35bbb61b8d1d0c&hp&ex=1134190800&partner2007=homepage "Qaeda-Iraq Link U.S. Cited Is Tied to Coercion Claim,"] ''New York Times'', December 9, 2005.*[http://firedoglake.blogspot.com/2005_12_01_firedoglake_archive.html#113414484866228457 "Disgusted,"] ''Fire Dog Lake'', December 9, 2005.*[http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2005-12-09T172258Z_01_KRA940138_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-POLAND.xml&rpc=22 "Poland was main CIA European detention base: report,"] Reuters, December 9, 2005.*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4515950.stm "US defends prisoners' transfers,"] BBC, December 10, 2005: [[John Bellinger]], "State department senior legal advisor ... has defended the country's treatment of terror suspects and the transfer of prisoners to third countries for interrogation ... told the BBC Washington sought reassurance in those countries that prisoners would not be tortured."*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4517134.stm "Poles to probe CIA prisons claim,"] BBC, December 10, 2005.*Farah Stockman, [http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/12/11/firms_get_scrutiny_over_cia_captures/ "Firms get scrutiny over CIA captures. Companies' roles in flights questioned,"] ''Boston Globe'', December 11, 2005. *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4538788.stm "Powell raps Europe on CIA flights,"] BBC, December 17, 2005: "Ex-US Secretary of State Colin Powell has indicated that Europeans are being disingenuous when they deny knowledge of the rendition of terror suspects."

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