corner.nationalreview.com - 2/3/2009
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Buried in that LAT article on rendition Jonah linked below is a flip-flop from Human Rights Watch that would impress even the East German judge. Here's Human Rights Watch in April of last year:
The US government should:
·Repudiate the use of rendition to torture as a counterterrorism tactic ...
latimes.com - 2/1/2009
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latimes.com —
Under executive orders issued by Obama recently, the
CIA still has authority to carry out what are...
known as renditions, secret abductions and transfers of prisoners to countries that cooperate with the United States. Current and former U.S. ...
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Obama preserves renditions as counter-terrorism tool - ...
latimes.com - 2/1/2009
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latimes.com —
Under executive orders issued by Obama recently, the
CIA still has authority to carry out what are...
known as renditions, secret abductions and transfers of prisoners to countries that cooperate with the United States. Current and former U.S. ...
(more)
Obama preserves renditions as counter-terrorism tool - ...
hotair.com - 2/1/2009
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hotair.com —
For the last seven years, the Left has
screeched hysterically over the CIA practice of rendition ,...
in which agents turn detainees over to authorities in their home country for interrogation. Never mind that the practice started in the Clinton ...
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Surprise! Obama expands renditions
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Ask Dr. Rendition!
Political Animal —
... such cases could ever be justified, then you agree with the Director of Human Rights Watch that ""Under limited circumstances, there is a legitimate place" for renditions". Obviously, this does not imply that you approve of sending people off to Syria to be tortured. And if you had previously said that the US should "repudiate the use of rendition to torture", saying that it would be OK, under these circumstances, to capture bin Laden and bring him to trial would not constitute a " flip-flop ", since this would not be "rendition to torture ." Q: But I thought that the ...
Ask Dr. Rendition!
Obsidian Wings —
... then you agree with the Director of Human Rights Watch that ""Under limited circumstances, there is a legitimate place" for renditions". Obviously, this does not imply that you approve of sending people off to Syria to be tortured. And if you had previously said that the US should "repudiate the use of rendition to torture", saying that it would be OK, under these circumstances, to capture bin Laden and bring him to trial would not constitute a "flip-flop", since this would not be "rendition to ...
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Obama Redacts His Rendition Position
patdollard.com 2/6/2009 —
Must’ve actually READ some of the daily shit Pres. Bush has been reading for the last eight years. Hey, Bam … break all mirrors in the White House. You’re about to go gray.
Just wondering here …
Think those Hollywood ...
Double Jeopardy | Human Rights Watch
hrw.org 2/2/2009 — Recommendations The US government should: Repudiate the use of rendition to torture as a counterterrorism tactic and permanently discontinue the CIA's rendition program; Disclose the identities, fate, and current whereabouts of all persons detained by ...
Obama's No-Torture Order and CIA Secret Renditions
talkleft.com 2/12/2009 — Last week I wrote that the Center for Constitutional Rights questioned President Barack Obama's January 22 orders on interrogation and closing Guantanamo, cautioning that while they in no uncertain terms stated the CIA must close its secret black ...
"Truth Commission" a Go
minx.cc 2/28/2009 — The Church Committee destroyed the CIA's operations division for... well, forever. Let's see if we can't hit that mark again. The 'fact-finding' effort will seek details on secret prisons and interrogation methods -- but will not aim to determine if...
The Role of the CIA
lefarkins.blogspot.com 4/18/2009 — Spencer has some thoughts: And here's how it's problematic for Obama, Blair and Panetta to indicate to the CIA that they'll stand by CIA officers who relied on OLC guidance for the torture. Marc Ambinder observes that there's some wiggle room in that ...
Don't Kill the CIA
WWW.samefacts.com 4/27/2009 — It was only a matter of time before the torture debate turned on the CIA. Matthew Yglesias has done it, suggesting that we "consider" abolishing the agency. This would be a great idea if it weren't completely wrong. Let me suggest just a few reasons why:
Debunking the Torture Apologists’ “Half the Intelligence” Claim
emptywheel.firedoglake.com 4/20/2009 —
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In another thread, Bob Schacht wrote ,
BTW, according to CNN, Haynes and Mukasey are claiming that “half” of what we “know” about Al Qaeda came from torture sessions. Did they really write that, and if so, I’m ...
What The CIA Did
politics.theatlantic.com 4/17/2009 — The Justice Department today
released four internal memorandums that supplied the legal basis for the
program of torture and aggressive interrogation techniques used at so-called
CIA "Black Sites" during the Bush administration and, at the same time, ...
Graham: CIA Claimed to Have Briefed Before Torture, They Did Not
emptywheel.firedoglake.com 5/16/2009 —
I've got to correct something I said yesterday about Bob Graham. I reported that Graham said that CIA had given him two erroneous dates for briefings. That was wrong (RawStory reported the number correctly, though). They gave erroneous dates ...
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