Cia Rendition

Outsourcing the Dirty War in Afghanistan

Erica Gaston | Posted 05.25.2011

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Erica Gaston

Bob Woodward's new book Obama's Wars reveals that the CIA maintains a 3000-strong Afghan paramilitary force that conducts cross-border operations into Pakistan. It's news in the U.S., but Afghanis have known this for long time.

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Court Sides With CIA On 'Extraordinary Rendition,' Grants President Broad 'State Secrets' Privilege

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — A sharply divided federal appeals court on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit challenging a controversial post-Sept. 11 CIA program t...

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Is Bagram Obama's New Secret Prison?

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Worthington

The Obama administration is following Bush's lead by unilaterally rewriting the Geneva Conventions, presumably to allow it to continue exploiting prisoners of war for their supposed intelligence value.

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CIA's Former #3 Speaks: How I Set Up Secret Jails Around The World

New York Times | DAVID JOHNSTON and MARK MAZZETTI | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In March 2003, two C.I.A. officials surprised Kyle D. Foggo, then the chief of the agency's main European supply base, with an unusual r...

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CIA Rendition Trial In Italy: Judge Asked To Throw Out Case

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lawyers representing CIA agents accused in Italy of kidnapping a terrorism suspect asked a judge to toss out the trial on Tuesday, after a higher cour...

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CIA Confirms Rendition Flights Passed Through Britain

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 05.25.2011

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CIA Director Michael Hayden acknowledged Thursday that two rendition flights carrying terror suspects refueled on British territory, despite repeated ...

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