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Extraordinary Rendition

Italy Convicts 23 Americans In CIA Terrorist Kidnapping Case

AP | COLLEEN BARRY and VICTOR L. SIMPSON | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

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MILAN — An Italian judge found 23 Americans and two Italians guilty Wednesday in the kidnapping of an Egyptian terror suspect, delivering the fi...

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Is Bagram Obama's New Secret Prison?

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Geneva Conventions, Us Constitution, World, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Terrorism, President Obama, Authorization for Use of Military Force, Guantanamo, Boumediene v. Bush, Barack Obama, Judge John D. Bates, World News, Rendition, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Bush Administration, U.S. Court of Appeals, Enemy Combatants, Bagram, CIA Rendition, Bagram Detainees, Cia, Combatant Status Review Tribunals, Breaking Politics News, New York Times, Bagram Habeas Corpus, Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham, Leon Panetta, Extraordinary Rendition, Politics News
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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Rethinking Taxi to the Dark Side: On Torture and the Mystery of Cheney Not Being in Jail

Jonathan Kim | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, Jonathan Kim Movie Reviews, Bagram, Dilawar, Bagram Detainees, Alex Gibney, Enhanced Interrogations, Rethink Reviews, Documentary, John Yoo, Jonathan Kim, Taxi to the Dark Side, Dick Cheney, Extraordinary Rendition, Torture, Bagram Air Base, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

I can't for the life of me figure out why Dick Cheney is still walking around free and -- even worse -- continues to get airtime so he can spew lies about the utter awesomeness of American torture.

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New CIA Docs Detail Brutal "Extraordinary Rendition" Process

Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

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By Scott Horton Special to the Huffington Post Deep among the documents released to the ACLU on Monday afternoon was a curious memo dated 30 Decembe...

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Target Of Obama-Era Rendition Alleges Torture

Posted 09.11.2009 | World

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By Scott Horton Special to the Huffington Post During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama sharply criticized the Bush Administration's extr...

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Obama Administration Still Fighting Release of Torture Evidence

The Washington Independent | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: CIA Torture, Central Intelligence Agency, War on Terror, Guantanamo Detainees, Black Sites, Great Britain, Binyam Mohamed, Gitmo, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Cia, San Francisco Chronicle, Hillary Clinton, Bob Egelko, Extraordinary Rendition, Torture, Jeppesen Dataplan, Politics News

This case has dropped a off the radar screen lately, but Bob Egelko at the San Francisco Chronicle today reminds us that the Obama administration is s...

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US, UK on Collision Course Over Detainee Court Cases

Frank Naif | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: Cia, Mohammed Saad Iqbal Madni, United Kingdom, David Milliband, CIA Torture, Hillary Clinton, United States, Binyam Mohamed, Extraordinary Rendition, World News
Frank Naif

Secretary of State Hilary Clinton is pressing the UK to protect US detention and torture secrets, but British courts may have the last word as two major torture cases move ahead.

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Robert Lady: I Was Just Following Orders

AP | ARIEL DAVID | Posted 07.31.2009 | World

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ROME — A former CIA agent on trial for the alleged kidnapping of a Muslim cleric and terror suspect in Milan acknowledged in an interview publis...

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Despite Reform Pledges, Panetta Enables CIA's Bad Old Habits

Frank Naif | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Dni, Cia, National Security, Congressional Oversight, Obama National Security Team, Obama National Security, Leon Panetta, Leon Panetta CIA, Extraordinary Rendition, Politics News
Frank Naif

The Obama team portrayed Leon Panetta as a no-nonsense Beltway veteran who would 'fix' the CIA. Over the past few weeks, however, he has emerged as an obstacle to real reform and accountability at the CIA.

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CIA Employees Left Behind Over Terrorist Renditions

Frank Naif | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

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Frank Naif

Some old intelligence scandals and foul-ups seem to keep turning back up to take a toll on government employees here in Washington.

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Obama, Europe's New Counter-Terrorism Plans Would Make Another Guantanamo 'Impossible'

The Guardian | Ian Traynor | Posted 07.16.2009 | World

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European governments and the Obama administration today outlined aims for a new joint regime for combating terrorism. The proposals are based on comm...

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Think Again: Sotomayor and SCOTUS: Captured on a Carousel of Time

Eric Alterman | Posted 07.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Abortion, John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Pat Buchanan, National Review, Rush Limbaugh, National Security, Ricci, Sonia Sotomayor, Michael Steele, Maher Arar, Discrimination, Race, Gant, Justice, Barack Obama, Extraordinary Rendition, Media News
Eric Alterman

The debate over Sotomayor's "priorities" has shed next to no light on the nominee views or decisions, but has proven awfully revealing about the state of conservatives' collective neuroses.

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Waterboarding Sean Hannity

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.28.2009 | Media

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Hoyt Hilsman

Sean Hannity's offer to undergo waterboarding for charity is almost too good to refuse.

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

Reuters | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

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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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Will Obama Block Release of Key Bush-era Torture Memos?

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

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Jeremy Scahill

As has been pointed out by journalists, human rights lawyers and critics, President Obama has continued -- and continues to defend -- some of the Bush administration's most repressive "War on Terror" policies.

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The New Non-Human Rights Approach

Jack Healey | Posted 04.15.2009 | World

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Jack Healey

The seeds of change have been sown and it is time for us as a country to guide our leaders towards an ethical standard for human rights, to step out of the darkness of these last few years.

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Who Is Binyam Mohamed, The British Resident Released From Guantanamo?

Andy Worthington | Posted 03.26.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, Morocco, Pakistan, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, CIA Torture, Binyam Mohamed, Col. Ralph Kohlmann, Military Commissions, Uk Government, Politics, Clive Stafford Smith, Breaking Politics News, Dark Prison, Torture, Extraordinary Rendition, World News
Andy Worthington

I thought it appropriate to relate a few anecdotes that bring Binyam the human being, rather than Binyam the prisoner, to life.

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Accountability...and Its Opposite

Elizabeth Goitein | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: State Secrets Privilege, State Secrets, Obama Torture Prosecutions, CIA Torture, Federal Prosecution, Bush Prosecutions, Obama Torture, Extraordinary Rendition, Politics News
Elizabeth Goitein

Obama has concluded that there are some subjects that we just don't get to know about -- which means there are some areas where the government may break the law with impunity.

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What Obama Should Do About State Secrets

Daniel Firger | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics

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Daniel Firger

If Obama wants to signal that he knows what he's doing on secrecy, he should endorse the State Secrets Protection Act ASAP.

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Obama's State Secrets Slipup Means We Need to Be Louder

Leah Anthony Libresco | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics

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Leah Anthony Libresco

No politician is good enough to be trusted to act justly without constant lobbying and pressure from activists nationwide.

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Feingold Slams Obama For Extraordinary Rendition Decision

The Plum Line | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics

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Senator Russ Feingold is sharply criticizing the Obama administration over its controversial decision to maintain the Bush administration's position i...

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Panetta Takes Back Remarks On Detainee Rendition

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — CIA Director-nominee Leon Panetta formally retracted a statement he made Thursday that the Bush administration transferred prisoner...

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Officials: Obama Will Continue Using Rendition As Counter-Terrorism Tool

Los Angeles Times | Posted 03.04.2009 | Politics

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The CIA's secret prisons are being shuttered. Harsh interrogation techniques are off-limits. And Guantanamo Bay will eventually go back to being a win...

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Intelligence Investigations Should Target Top Deciders

Frank Naif | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Conyers, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Senator Ron Wyden, Wyden Torture, Guantanamo Detainees, CIA Torture, Senate Intelligence Committee, Barack Obama, Gitmo, Rendition, House Intelligence Committee, Jane Mayer, Truth and Reconciliation, Nancy Pelosi, Torture, Obama Gitmo Order, Extraordinary Rendition, 100 Days, Oregon, Politics News
Frank Naif

Making sure that ordinary national security drones aren't vilified or set up to take the fall for their bosses today will strengthen tomorrow's national security.

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