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First US Citizen Sues Feds for Rendition

NJ man alleges interrogation, coercion in Somalia, Egypt

By Jane Yager,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 11, 2009 9:06 AM CST

(Newser) – A New Jersey man yesterday became the first US citizen to sue the federal government for "rendition," the extrajudicial transfer of terrorism suspects between countries. Arrested in Kenya in 2007, Amir Meshal was secretly flown to Somalia, then to Ethiopia, where he claims...   Read full story »

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