Guest blogged by David Edwards of Veredictum.com
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A newly released report from Amnesty International provides additional evidence of secret CIA “black site” prisons located in Africa, Asia and Europe. The report also details the CIA’s practice of “rendering” prisoners to foreign countries to be tortured or detained.
In this video, BBC gives an overview of the new report. Anne Fitzgerald, senior Advisor for Amnesty, explains details of the CIA’s rendition flights. The final clip contains an interview with Muhammad al-Assar who was detained in a CIA “black site” prison for 2 years. He was then “rendered” to Yemen where, under orders from the U.S., he was imprisoned for another year.
David
Your title "Report Condemns CIA Secret Prisons and Rendition Flights" begs the question:
Who would not condemn it?
Dredd #1
Obviously, the Bush Administration supports the programs.
A CIA Analyst who helped create the rendition program says that he doesn’t like it but the alternatives were even worse. He has done interviews with almost all of the networks but I can’t recall his name.
I think it’s curious that the corporate news networks haven’t mentioned this report. Maybe they don’t condemn the practices.
#1 Dredd,
Apparently alot of people would not condemn it. Like all the Democrats who aren’t signing on to censure the president.
Torture–rendition–warrantless wiretaps–outing an agent–the Geneva Conventions are quaint–the Constitution’s a goddamn piece of paper–Guantanamo prisoners have no rights–letting people rot on their roofs for a week–Cheney shooting a guy in the face–
Seems like all this warrants (pun intended) SOME kind of a response……
but censure? Please! Let’s not over-react!
Here’s what our honorable commander-in-chief had to say about Feingold’s censure idea:
"I did notice that nobody from the Democratic Party has actually stood up and called for getting rid of the terrorist surveillance program," Bush said at a news conference Tuesday.
"You know, if that’s what they believe, if people in the party believe that, then they ought to stand up and say it," Bush said. "They ought to stand up and say, ‘The tools we’re using to protect the American people shouldn’t be used.’ They ought to take their message to the people and say, ‘Vote for me. I promise we’re not going to have a terrorist surveillance program.’ "
Right, george. Did God tell you to say that?
Doesn’t it occur to people that if you have to twist & distort what someone says to make it look bad.. that kind of indicates it wasn’t bad to begin with?
REMEMBER WHEN you watched movies about WWII, and it was the enemy who tortured captured American soldiers, instead of American soldiers torturing the people they’d allegedly ‘liberated’?
REMEMBER WHEN the ‘enemy’ was a country or military force that posed a threat to American democracy, and not a nation of innocent civilians who whose destruction was dismissible as ‘collateral damage’?
REMEMBER WHEN your country went to war based on facts beforehand, instead of constantly-changing suppositions after-the-fact?
"People over there want to kill us." As long as Americans are so dumb as to succumb to that kind of simplistic logic from the Bush/Cheney crowd, the mainstream media won’t go after torture or extraordinary rendition.
It’s racism, of course. "People over there" is code for anyone named Muhammad or anyone with dark skin and a raised fist. The phrase brings together the actual 9/11 terrorists and Iraq "insurgents." It brings together street thugs seeking only to loot a blown-up retail store in Baghdad and devout followers of a Muslim cleric. It exonerates the United States, which invaded a sovereign country that wasn’t threatening us.
What else is new, folks?
"The US government has heard of the report but has refused to comment." Now that’s funny! Ha Ha. To all you robots in Congress in Republidem (1 party) who refuse to hold the Bushit administration accountable for their murderous and criminal actions will also have a special place in US history. Fascist ruster loser bastards will not be forgotten!
I think that what you people tend to forget is that these prisoners at the US run sites at GITMO and in Iraq are containing TERRORISTS who tried or succeded to kill American troops, Iraqi civillians, and Iraqi troops.
I think that your compassion is misplaced when you worry about those terrorist prisoners. Would they worry about your well being? If you think so, then please sponor one of them into your home. What will happen? You will "wake up dead".
Mike J #7
Tell it to a jury.
That is the American way.
When you really want to be an American, check in, present your arguments to a jury, and what the jury says is what is and what is not.
Until then, you are a propaganda operative who has lost touch with Civics 101, American Government 101, American Law 101, and Terrorism 101.
The main thing terrorist want is secrecy, closed government, broad powers, yes men all around them, triggers, weapons, more weapons, and yet more weapons.
Sound familiar? You are a terrorist.
Randy Dredd,
Your website is still not working. Forget to pay the bill?
If I am a terrorist, then you must think of yourself as the Fairy Godmother…….
Your defination of a terrorist, one who engages in acts of terrorism, is not correct. Check the dictionary, jerk!
Dictionary.com
Everything is being compared to terrorism lately by all sorts of people in all walks of life in all political views. I’m sure you will agree that the word has been over-used for cases where the action being described is not really terrorism.
You showed everybody that you are a jerk. How does it feel to be the bully on the schoolyard?
Besides, you have "yes men" and "yes women" all around with your liberal friends. Not a bit of disagreement among them.
Go back in your cold, dark cave. It suits you better than the light of day.
Randy Dredd,
Your website is still not working. Forget to pay the bill?
If I am a terrorist, then you must think of yourself as the Fairy Godmother…….
Your defination of a terrorist, one who engages in acts of terrorism, is not correct. Check the dictionary, jerk!
Dictionary.com
Everything is being compared to terrorism lately by all sorts of people in all walks of life in all political views. I’m sure you will agree that the word has been over-used for cases where the action being described is not really terrorism.
You showed everybody that you are a jerk. How does it feel to be the bully on the schoolyard?
Besides, you have "yes men" and "yes women" all around with your liberal friends. Not a bit of disagreement among them.
Go back in your cold, dark cave. It suits you better than the light of day.