secret prisons – Moe Lane

IF it turns out to be true that we were operating a secret jail in Benghazi…

…and that is a legitimate ‘if:’ anyway, if it turns out that Broadwell’s revelation last month is correct and that Benghazi was hosting a secret jail* for the purpose of extraordinary rendition then I hope that people will find the following posts to be useful.

01/21/2009. There’s a phrase missing from this Washington Times report on detainee policy.
01/28/2009. Obama’s Rendition Exception.
02/01/2009. Obama embraces torture.
02/02/2009. The nuance of the pro-torture Left (HRW edition).
02/08/2009. Greenwald, Sullivan’s faux-outrage over rendition.

Continue reading *IF* it turns out to be true that we were operating a secret jail in Benghazi…

Obama’s Rendition Exception.

Never say that you were not told.

I’m not nearly as sanguine about this as Ed was:

EXCLUSIVE: Loophole allows terrorist detentions

President Obama’s executive order closing CIA “black sites” contains a little-noticed exception that allows the spy agency to continue to operate temporary detention facilities abroad.
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Current and former U.S. officials, who spoke on the condition that they aren’t identified because of the sensitivity of the subject, said such temporary facilities around the world will remain open, giving the administration the opportunity to seize and hold assumed terrorists.

The detentions would be temporary. Suspects either would be brought later to the United States for trial or sent to other countries where they are wanted and can face trial.

…I wasn’t sanguine when I noticed this last week, and I’m not sanguine about it now. Continue reading Obama’s Rendition Exception.