Obama Keeps Renditions In the Toolbox

Staff / Truthdig Feb 2, 2009 President Obama may be trying to shut down Guantanamo and CIA black sites, but he's decided to make renditions a part of his regime. In case you've repressed it along with other Bush-era nightmares, extraordinary rendition is what the U.S. calls kidnapping someone and sending him to a nasty place to be tortured. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Cronies Defend Torture

Staff / Truthdig Oct 31, 2007 CIA Chief Michael Hayden has issued a passionate defense of extraordinary rendition, claiming that the practice, which so often involves abduction and torture, is justified by the "irreplaceable" intelligence it produces. Meanwhile, President Bush's preferred successor to loyal henchman Alberto Gonzales refuses to call torture by its name, though he claims to find it "repugnant." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Top Court Refuses to Hear Torture Case

Staff / Truthdig Oct 9, 2007 German citizen Khaled el-Masri's quest for justice, following his "extraordinary rendition," has come to an end. Masri claims he was kidnapped by CIA operatives in late 2003 and tortured for months in an Afghan prison, but his case was closed on Tuesday when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to consider his appeal. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Rendition Ignored British Protest

Staff / Truthdig Jul 25, 2007 A British committee investigating possible UK involvement in extraordinary rendition has found that the U.S. ignored British intelligence caveats and concerns, possibly straining a historically close intelligence relationship. The committee also recommended a ban on cooperation that could lead to secret detention, which it said "is of itself mistreatment." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Report: Secret CIA Prisons in Poland, Romania

Staff / Truthdig Jun 9, 2007 A new report from the Council of Europe accuses Poland and Romania of housing secret CIA prisons, and also blames Germany and Italy for blocking investigation into the matter. The report's author says his sources are limited, but "well placed" and even "implicated" in abuses. The CIA said the document was "distorted" but did not categorically deny its accusations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Kidnapped by the CIA

Staff / Truthdig Feb 28, 2007 The Washington Post has an inside look at "black sites," the secret detention centers operated by the CIA that hold abducted terror suspects, one of whom describes a world of interrogation, torture and misery. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Rendition’ May Go on Trial

Staff / Truthdig Jan 9, 2007 A court in Italy will decide whether to charge 25 alleged CIA agents for participating in an act of "extraordinary rendition." The trial, should it go ahead, will be the first to address the heinous tactic, by which the United States or its allies kidnap terror suspects in order to remove them to torture-friendly nations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Outlawed: Extraordinary Rendition’

Staff / Truthdig Nov 23, 2006 Watch this harrowing personal account of the extraordinary rendition and torture of a Guantanamo detainee. (h/t: COA News) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

EU Lawmakers Condemn Bush?s Secret Prisons

Staff / Truthdig Sep 7, 2006 Members of the European Union?s parliament have been fuming over the existence of secret European prisons, following Bush?s recent admission about the facilities. In response to the discovery and to previous denials by European leaders who may have played host to the detention centers, one lawmaker said: ?Bush exposes not only his own previous lies. He also exposes to ridicule those arrogant government leaders in Europe who dismissed as unfounded our fears about extraordinary rendition.? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )