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‘The Rendition Project’ sheds new light on U.S. government’s global kidnap and secret detention program

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Online project uncovers details of way in which CIA carried out kidnaps and secret detentions following September 11 attacks• The Rendition Project interactive • CIA rendition flights explained A groundbreaking research project has mapped the US government’s global kidnap and secret detention programme, shedding unprecedented light on one of the…

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Extraordinary rendition report claims 54 countries ‘offered covert support’ of CIA torture operation

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Report finds at least 54 countries co-operated with global kidnap, detention and torture operation mounted after 9/11 attacks The full extent of the CIA’s extraordinary rendition programme has been laid bare with the publication of a report showing there is evidence that more than a quarter of the world’s governments…

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Italy upholds convictions of 23 CIA agents for imam kidnapping

A man crosses the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) logo in the lobby of CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia (AFP)

Italy’s top court Wednesday confirmed guilty verdicts against 23 CIA agents for the 2003 abduction of an Egyptian imam in Milan and ordered a re-trial for five Italian ex-spies accused of taking part. The CIA agents were all being tried in absentia in one of the world’s biggest court cases…

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Attorney at firm representing Assange accusers helped facilitate CIA renditions in 2001

An attorney representing two Swedish women who brought sexual assault charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was investigated following revelations that during his time in the Swedish government, his administration helped facilitate extraordinary renditions that allegedly resulted in two terrorism suspects being tortured in Egypt. The US policy of extraordinary…

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Why who’s President does matter, example 2

It’ll all be toothless, because Bush is going to pardon everyone’s ass anyway, but: The proposed commission — similar in thrust to a Democratic investigation proposal first uncovered by Salon in July — would examine a broad scope of activities, including detention, torture and extraordinary rendition, the practice of snatching…

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