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Extraordinary Rendition

Communications — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:15:00 -0500

A New America Event
03/03/2008 - 12:15pm

In 2003, Abu Omar was kidnapped by CIA agents in Italy on suspicion of being involved with al Qaeda. He was transported to Egypt, where he was tortured by Egyptian intelligence services. Abu Omar was later released, only to be recaptured after speaking about his experience in Egypt.

In the latest issue of Mother Jones magazine, New America Fellow Peter Bergen uses Abu Omar's story to explore the CIA's extraordinary rendition program. Bergen also chronicles the rise in extraordinary renditions since 1995 with the help of Program Associate Katherine Tiedemann.

Join the New America Foundation for an in-depth look at extraordinary rendition with Peter Bergen and Katherine Tiedemann. Following the discussion, Mother Jones DC Bureau Chief David Corn will lead a robust Q&A session.

Disappearing Act: Rendition by the Numbers

Ron Tang — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500

An extraordinary rendition may be defined as the extrajudicial transfer of an individual to a country where there is reasonable probability he will be tortured. In our research we have counted 67 known cases of extraordinary rendition by the United States since 1995. While the details are often incomplete, they help paint a more complete picture of this secretive and controversial Central Intelligence Agency program.

Our research is based on reports from Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU Law School, Andy Worthington's The Guantanamo Files, Stephen… more

Losing Afghanistan, One Civilian at a Time

Articles — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:16:00 -0500

The road between the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad and the Pakistani border is one of the busiest in the country, congested with gaily painted trucks, battered taxis, buses packed to the rafters and Afghans riding bikes. One morning in early March, a suicide bomber plowed a Toyota packed with explosives into the middle of a U.S. convoy patrolling that road, killing himself and injuring a Marine. That was bad enough, but what may be the key to Afghanistan's future was what happened next.

As pedestrians scattered in the resulting confusion and chaos, other Marines opened fire as their convoy sped… more