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CIA Officer: We 'Broke the Law' With Kidnapping

She's one of 23 Americans convicted in Italy for 2003 rendition

Nov 4, 09 6:30 PM CST
(Newser) - One of the CIA agents convicted in Italy today of kidnapping a Muslim cleric in 2003 says the mission "broke the law" and that she feels "abandoned and betrayed" by the US government. The case involving ex-officer Sabrina DeSousa and 22 other Americans is the first challenge to... More »

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CIA • rendition • Italy • kidnapping • House Intelligence Committee • harsh interrogation • terror suspects • extraordinary rendition • Pete Hoekstra • Sabrina DeSousa

Italy Convicts CIA Agents of Kidnapping

2003 case is first to challenge practice of extraordinary rendition

Nov 4, 09 11:12 AM CST
(AP) - An Italian judge today convicted 23 Americans of the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric on a Milan street, in a landmark case involving the CIA's extraordinary rendition program in the war on terrorism. Judge Oscar Magi acquitted three other Americans, citing diplomatic immunity. Former Milan CIA station chief Robert... More »

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CIA • rendition • Italy • kidnapping • cleric • terror suspects • extraordinary rendition

'Tortured' Rendition
Victim Told
He Can't Sue

Canadian sent to
Syria plans to appeal

Nov 3, 09 4:01 AM CST
(Newser) - A Canadian citizen sent to Syria after being mistakenly arrested at JFK Airport cannot sue US authorities, a court has ruled. Maher Arar, who says he was tortured during the year he was held in Syrian custody, was told by a New York court that it has no legal right... More »

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CIA • rendition • Syria • Canada • lawsuit • terror suspects • Maher Arar

 Obama Raises Bar 
 on What Passes 
 for State Secrets 

AG must personally approve all requests to keep programs veiled

Sep 23, 09 5:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration will announce much more stringent rules on state secrets today, two Justice Department officials tell the Washington Post, in what amounts to a major shift from Bush-era practice. To keep a program secret, an organization—including intelligence agencies and the military—will have to convince the attorney... More »

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Bush administration • rendition • Attorney General • secrecy • warrantless wiretapping • Eric Holder • Obama administration • secrets

(Newser) - When military contractor Raymond Azar was arrested in Afghanistan, he was hooded, shackled, stripped, photographed naked, then flown to Alexandria, Va., in the first known rendition of the Obama administration. But Azar isn’t accused of terrorism. The Lebanese citizen is accused of bribery, a charge he pleaded guilty to... More »

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Afghanistan • rendition • FBI • harsh interrogation • defense contractors

(Newser) - The Obama administration is fighting to keep details secret in the case of a former Guantanamo detainee who says he was tortured, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. A San Francisco court has ruled Binyam Mohamed and four others can sue the company they allege flew them to secret CIA prisons—... More »

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CIA • rendition • torture • secret prisons • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • Binyam Mohamed

(Newser) - Ireland has agreed to resettle two Uzbek detainees from the US’ Guantanamo Bay detention center, Ireland’s foreign minister tells the Irish Times. The detainees are among those who are not considered a threat, but can’t be returned to their home countries. Dermot Ahern, a longtime proponent of closing... More »

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rendition • Guantanamo Bay • Ireland • detainee • Uzbekistan • detainees • Dermot Ahern

Court Approves Ex-Inmates' Suit Against CIA

Torture allegations trump state secrets argument, panel rules

Apr 29, 09 7:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Five men who allege they were kidnapped and tortured on the orders of CIA agents may bring suit in federal court, an appeals panel ruled yesterday. Presidents Bush and Obama both contended that the case should be dismissed to protect classified evidence. But a federal appeals court panel ruled presidential... More »

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Bush administration • CIA • rendition • torture • Guantanamo Bay • George W. Bush • Eric Holder • US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals • Obama administration • President Obama • Binyam Mohamed

Brits Condoned Torture, Aided Extraordinary Renditions: UN

UK a full partner in US terror effort, report says

Mar 13, 09 4:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Binyam Mohamed, a recently released Gitmo detainee, alleges that he was tortured in Morocco while asked questions on behalf of Britian’s MI5. His story so far has amounted to his word against MI5’s, but a new report supports the former detainee’s claim, the Economist reports. A UN... More »

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CIA • rendition • torture • human rights • Guantanamo Bay • human rights abuse • Britain • Guantanamo prisoners • MI5

Gitmo Prisoner in Rendition Dispute
Arrives in UK

British AG may press charges in torture case

Feb 23, 09 8:12 AM CST
(Newser) - The Guantanamo Bay prisoner at the heart of a diplomatic dispute between Britain and the United States has been released and landed in the UK today. Binyam Mohamed alleges he was tortured when the CIA rendered him to Morocco, but a British court decided not to release relevant documents after... More »

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rendition • torture • United Kingdom • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • Binyam Mohamed

Obama Could Expose Secrets of the Bush Years

On torture, wiretapping, and more, Bush legacy rests with successor

Feb 10, 09 9:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Good government groups spent years suing and lobbying to expose the Bush administration’s secrets. Will President Obama spill the beans on his predecessor? Politico outlines major secrets Obama can choose to air or keep:
  • US attorney firings: Claiming executive privilege, Karl Rove refused to testify. But Rove has
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Bush administration • rendition • torture • US attorneys scandal • executive privilege • black sites • warrantless wiretapping

Obama OK With CIA Rendition

Prez allows abductions, transfers to continue, promises suspects won't be tortured

Feb 1, 09 6:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Torture techniques are out and Guantanamo Bay is facing closure, but Barack Obama is keeping one anti-terror tool: rendition, the Los Angeles Times reports. He signed an executive order allowing the CIA to continue the practice of secret abductions and transfers of prisoners to US-friendly nations. "You still... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • rendition • torture • prisoners • interrogation • suspected terrorists • President Obama

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 Holder Slams 
 Rendition, Tribunals 

Attorney-general nominee signals clear break with Bush practices

Jan 15, 09 4:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Attorney General-designate Eric Holder continued his forceful rebuke of Bush administration policies at his confirmation hearing today, Politico reports. Holder slammed rendition, saying it “should not be the policy or practice of our great nation,” and criticized the military commissions trying Guantanamo detainees. They don’t “have... More »

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rendition • Department of Justice • military tribunal • Attorney General • Guantanamo Bay • Senate confirmation hearings • Eric Holder

 Rendition Victim
 Loses US
 Torture Appeal 

Technicality KOs case at center of recent movie

Jul 1, 08 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Canadian software engineer has lost an appeal against the US for his torture in Syria on a technicality, Reuters reports. Syrian-born Maher Arar, whose story inspired the Hollywood movie Rendition, was forced off a flight in New York in 2002 and shipped to Syria, where he says he was... More »

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rendition • torture • Syria • Canada • Condoleezza Rice • Maher Arar

German Sues Again to Nab CIA Agents

Berlin dropped extradition try last year when US refused

Jun 9, 08 6:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - A German man is suing his country to have 13 CIA agents extradited in a case of "extraordinary rendition," the BBC reports. Khaled al-Masri says they grabbed him by mistake in 2003 and dropped him in an Afghan prison, where he was tortured for 5 months. But Germany... More »

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Afghanistan • CIA • rendition • Germany • Khaled al-Masri

 US Slammed for Secret
 'Floating Prisons' 

Prisoners held far from courts and scrutiny, human rights group charges

Jun 2, 08 5:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US has detained terror suspects on some 17 naval ships that have been used as secret "floating prisons" around the world since 2001, according to a study by the human rights organization Reprieve. At least 50 prisoners were held on a single ship and delivered to unknown locations,... More »

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War on Terror • rendition • human rights • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • US Navy • human rights violations • detainees

Italian PM Fair Game in Trial Involving US Rendition

Berlusconi can be called to testify on secret matters in kidnap trial, judge rules

May 14, 08 3:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi can be called to testify in the upcoming trial of US and Italian spies, an Italian judge ruled today. A CIA-led group is accused of kidnapping a suspected terrorist off the streets of Milan and torturing him for four years under the US' "extraordinary... More »

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rendition • terrorism • Italy • Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr • Romano Prodi • Silvio Berlusconi

UK Questions Mount Over US 'Torture Flights'

Brits uncertain of extent that rendition flights utilized UK territory

Mar 10, 08 10:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amid pressure British officials said yesterday that they were “working behind the scenes” to root out more information about the CIA rendition flights that landed on British soil, the Guardian reports. The UN’s special torture investigator has said there is credible evidence to suggest that the US... More »

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CIA • rendition • torture • Diego Garcia • David Miliband • Guantanamo Bay • prisoners • detainee • Britain

CIA: Rendition Flights Landed in UK Territory

Brits apologize for earlier denials of ties
to terror cases

Feb 21, 08 2:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Two US flights carrying terror suspects for interrogation abroad—a practice known as extraordinary rendition—landed on British territory in 2002, confirmed CIA Director Michael Hayden today. Though the UK previously denied such landings, Foreign Secretary David Miliband admitted planes refueled on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, reports... More »

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War on Terror • Tony Blair • CIA • rendition • Condoleezza Rice • Gordon Brown • Diego Garcia • David Miliband • Britain

Judge Blocks Terror Kidnap Suit Against Boeing

Rendition case declared too secret to be tried

Feb 14, 08 5:11 AM CST
(Newser) - A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit that charged a flight-planning company owned by Boeing with helping the CIA fly terror suspects to secret overseas dungeons. He ruled such a case could reveal state secrets, and that "proceeding would jeopardize national security and foreign relations," reports the... More »

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CIA • rendition • torture • Boeing • ACLU

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