02-13-2007, 10:54 PM
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CIA Overflights, EU hypocrisy, renditions, and torture
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070214/...ecurity_cia_dc
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The European Parliament is set to vote on the report after a year of investigations into charges that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency had secretly held terrorism suspects in Europe and flew some to states that practice torture.
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The draft report accuses some of the bloc's governments of being aware of alleged secret CIA flights transporting terrorism suspects and of concealing the truth.
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"Last-minute attempts to weaken the report are a worrying sign of the European Parliament's vulnerability to national and party interests, despite the grave nature of abuses: kidnapping, torture and disappearances," Amnesty International said in a statement.
"A weak report shows that the EU is very quick and strong in criticizing attrocities in the Sudan or in China, but not when these abuses are taking place in Europe," Human Rights Watch's Reed Brody told Reuters.
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The draft report, already adopted by the assembly's civil liberties committee, says there is strong evidence of illegal CIA "renditions" of terror suspects.
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Washington acknowledges the secret transfer of suspects to third countries but denies torturing them or handing them to countries that did.
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Anyone care to speculate on why the US would hand CIA terror suspects over to third countries?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/relea...0050317-4.html
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Originally Posted by Scott McClellan
The President has made it very clear that we do not condone torture. He's made it very clear to the government that we do not torture. And the President does not believe we should export torture.
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Seems like the EU is looking pretty hard at a year's worth of investigation against some of its own members for collusion with the CIA and its rendition programs. Lots of stories that contradict the official policies of all governments involved.
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Originally Posted by Scott McClellan
We believe in adhering to our laws and our treaty obligations. That's the way the President has always acted. And he's made it clear to everybody throughout government that we do not torture.
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Originally Posted by Scott McClellan's inner monologue
Especially when we have a signing statement...
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