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Outlawed: Extraordinary Rendition, Torture and Disappearances in the "War on Terror"
Extraordinary rendition

These are two links explaining this policy that was inacted during the Clinton administration. The first being a short documentary detailing the accounts of two people that had to endure the concequences of Extraordinary Rendition.

Torture as a means to gain information is, to say the least, a delicate subject up for debate. There are several different outlooks to the argument, whether it is, saving lives, harm to the wrongly accused, or the extraction of truth as opposed to coerced confessions. Detaining prisoners without charge is unconstitutional, detaining prisoners without counsel is unconstitutional, torture of prisoners to extract information is unconstitutional. Apparently, our government agrees with that, so much so, that we put a policy in place for suspects to be moved to other countries to be tortured, interrogated and detained without rights.

"Should any American soldier be so base and infamous as to injure any [prisoner]. . . I do most earnestly enjoin you to bring him to such severe and exemplary punishment as the enormity of the crime may require. Should it extend to death itself, it will not be disproportional to its guilt at such a time and in such a cause... for by such conduct they bring shame, disgrace and ruin to themselves and their country."
– George Washington, charge to the Northern Expeditionary Force, Sept. 14, 1775

I realize it may sound trite, but I just watched a movie about this topic.
It had Reese Witherspoon in it, but it was still good.
Anyhow, I found it amazing that we, as a nation and as human beings, could let this happen.
It is not only shocking, but, in my opinion a form of terrorism in itself...though on a smaller and more personal level. After all, what could be more terrifying than not know what's happenning to a loved one?

That is the same way I found out about the subject. It wasn't really the movie, but the documentary I linked was on the DVD in the special features, so I decided to dig a little deeper on the subject. At it's core, this policy is promoting kidnapping, torture and overall lawlessness. I guess the constitution and the laws of the United States don't apply to the CIA.

http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/Bush_Chides_Democrats_Ove/2008/02/23/74979.html

its enough just having that dickweed around.

The administration deceived the people about Iraq and Bush tried to do it again concerning Iran. Cheney and Rumsfeld probably gave the orders to the fine men and women in Abu Graib and Guantanamo, and Karl Rove outed Valerie Wilson as an undercover CIA operative. He has already left but should be tried for treason.

And they tried to impeach Clinton over a blowjob. *mumbles*

It just won the oscar for "Best documentary of the year." It's pretty much outlines the US policies of Extraordinary Rendition and extreme interrogation tactics. i.e. torture. Check it out. You won't be happy, but it's def worth a look. I dled it from isohunt.com.

oooops my bad