U.S. illegal 'renditions' also involves Europe

While Condi admits these illegal renditions, she denies any torture or wrong doing. Both are illegal, not just the torture. This is nothing more than double speak; of course she knows what is happening. And so do the Europeans countries who, by saying nothing, are already accomplices to one degree or another. Condi then is blackmailing Europe into keeping quiet for fear their own involvement will be made public.

I say: Let it all be known. A little sunlight is th best disinfectant.

Rice defends illegal “renditions,” threatens to reveal European collaboration in US crimes

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has responded to Europe’s appeals for information regarding Washington’s illegal practice of rendition by making clear that the practice will continue. In an attempt to turn the tables on European critics, she has implied that should Europe continue to make such demands, Washington will expose the complicity of the European governments, which allowed their airports to be used by CIA planes transporting prisoners to third countries and secret CIA-run prisons.

Renditions involve the moving of alleged terrorists, without any judicial process, to countries where, according to the US government, American law does not apply. Washington routinely sends these prisoners to countries which have been cited by the US State Department for practicing torture. “Extraordinary rendition” refers to the kidnapping of terrorist suspects on foreign soil before they are spirited away to detention centres overseas.

Germany is where CIA flights are known to have landed most frequently—on at least 437 occasions.

It is not credible that so many flights could have occurred without the knowledge of the government.

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