Comments on: More judicial challenges to CIA ‘rendition’ programme/2007/06/09/more-judicial-challenges-to-cia-rendition-programme/Andrew Curry's blog on futures, trends, emerging issues and scenariosSun, 03 Oct 2010 20:51:19 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Thinking about Ed « thenextwave/2007/06/09/more-judicial-challenges-to-cia-rendition-programme/#comment-2746Sun, 03 Oct 2010 20:51:19 +0000/2007/06/09/more-judicial-challenges-to-cia-rendition-programme/#comment-2746[…] need to rehearse it here at length, but authoritarianism, attacks on civil liberties, complicity in torture, failure to reduce inequality, creeping financialisation of the public and personal sector, a […]

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By: thenextwavefutures/2007/06/09/more-judicial-challenges-to-cia-rendition-programme/#comment-93Sat, 09 Jun 2007 21:45:08 +0000/2007/06/09/more-judicial-challenges-to-cia-rendition-programme/#comment-93Andrew responds: Well, let me quote a couple of things.

Dick Marty’s report for the Council of Europe has this to say on the subject:

“”The rendition, abduction and detention of terrorist subjects have always taken place outside the US, where such actions would no doubt have been ruled unlawful and unconstitutional. These actions are also unacceptable under the laws of European countries who none the less tolerated them or colluded actively in carrying them out. Some European governments have obstructed the truth and are continuing to do so.”

And some of the Reprieve filing on behalf of one of their clients (rather more than laughter and mockery):

“He was routinely beaten, suffering broken bones and, on occasion, loss of consciousness due to the beatings. His clothes were cut off with a scalpel and the same scalpel was then used to make incisions on his body, including his penis. A hot stinging liquid was then poured into open wounds on his penis where he had been cut. He was frequently threatened with rape, electrocution, and death.”

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By: madmouser/2007/06/09/more-judicial-challenges-to-cia-rendition-programme/#comment-92Sat, 09 Jun 2007 21:30:02 +0000/2007/06/09/more-judicial-challenges-to-cia-rendition-programme/#comment-92Is it illegal to transport criminals to other facilities? I don’t quite understand the issue, except for the torture. It seems before I heard of this, that America was the only country who did not really torture their prisoners. Laughing and mocking them is child’s play not torture. From all that I have read, we provide them with Korans, prayer rugs and foods that they like. That doesn’t sound like torture either.

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