AP: U.S. Allies Shun Suspect Deportation (Rendition for torture)

[Coexist]

thanks to Rawstory.com for the headsup!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050619/ap_on_re_eu/terror_spirited_away_1
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MILAN, Italy - U.S. allies have begun to resist Washington's secretive role in spiriting away terror suspects: Italy is investigating the disappearance of one accused militant as a kidnapping, Sweden wrote rules to assert its authority over outside agents and Canada is holding hearings after one of its citizens was sent to Syria.

At least two of the cases bear the hallmarks of the CIA's "extraordinary rendition" program — stepped up after Sept. 11 — in which the Bush administration has transferred dozens of suspects to third countries without court approval, subjecting them to possible torture.

[Stockholm]

1. This is really important news!

[Coexist]

2. I know - I just popped in to Rawstory to see if there was any

new DSM news and sat right down when I read this!

[Spazito]

3. Here is a Boston.com article on "extraordinary rendition"

Terror suspects' torture claims have Mass. link
Secrecy shrouds transfer jet
By Farah Stockman, Globe Staff | November 29, 2004

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But the inconspicuous office above a Sovereign Bank, across from the red, white, and blue flags of a used car lot called Patriot Motors, is also the address of a shadowy company that owns a Gulfstream jet that secretly ferried two Al Qaeda suspects from Sweden to Egypt.

That prisoner transfer, which occurred outside the normal extradition procedures and without notifying the men's lawyers, sparked an international uproar after the two men contended that they had been forcibly drugged by masked US agents and tortured with electric shocks in Egypt.

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Since that time, the jet -- apparently on long-term lease to the US military -- has surfaced in other alleged cases of what the CIA calls "extraordinary" rendition -- the secret practice of handing prisoners in US custody to foreign governments that don't hesitate to use torture in interrogations.

The covert procedure, which must be authorized by a presidential directive, has gained little attention inside the United States.

more

http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2004/11/29/terror_suspects_torture_claims_have_mass_link/

(I am glad to see this is now gaining attention outside the US as shown by the OP.)