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It has taken a good while, but the practice of ‘Renditions’ is finally getting some official acknowledgement.
CIA Chief Defends Interrogation Procedure
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050318/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_prisoners_6
WASHINGTON – CIA Director Porter Goss defended the U.S. practice of shipping some foreign prisoners to other nations for interrogation, saying this intelligence strategy is valuable, lawful and carried out with caution.
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And during the White House Press Briefing:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/03/20050317-4.html
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Q Are these reports wrong, or does he not believe that there's torture going on in these countries where these prisoners are being rendered back to?
MR. McCLELLAN: When people are rendered to another country, we seek assurances that they won't be tortured. When we return known terrorists to their countries of origin, or we render people to countries, we want to have assurances that they're not going to be tortured, because that's a value that we hold very dearly. And let's understand, though, that we are talking about -- I mean, Terry brought up earlier today, Khalid Shaykh Mohammad. Khalid Shaykh Mohammad is a known terrorist who is responsible for overseeing the attacks of September 11th that led to the killing of 3,000 innocent civilians in America. But I make very clear, again, what our view is.
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And Bush confirmed that renditions have been going on with his approval while providing himself with some ethical cover regarding the negative aspects of the practice.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/03/20050316-3.html
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Q Mr. President, can you explain why you've approved of and expanded the practice of what's called rendition, of transferring individuals out of U.S. custody to countries where human rights groups and your own State Department say torture is common for people under custody?
THE PRESIDENT: The post-9/11 world, the United States must make sure we protect our people and our friends from attack. That was the charge we have been given. And one way to do so is to arrest people and send them back to their country of origin with the promise that they won't be tortured. That's the promise we receive. This country does not believe in torture. We do believe in protecting ourselves. We don't believe in torture. And –
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CIA Chief Defends Interrogation Procedure
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050318/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_prisoners_6
WASHINGTON – CIA Director Porter Goss defended the U.S. practice of shipping some foreign prisoners to other nations for interrogation, saying this intelligence strategy is valuable, lawful and carried out with caution.
…
And during the White House Press Briefing:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/03/20050317-4.html
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Q Are these reports wrong, or does he not believe that there's torture going on in these countries where these prisoners are being rendered back to?
MR. McCLELLAN: When people are rendered to another country, we seek assurances that they won't be tortured. When we return known terrorists to their countries of origin, or we render people to countries, we want to have assurances that they're not going to be tortured, because that's a value that we hold very dearly. And let's understand, though, that we are talking about -- I mean, Terry brought up earlier today, Khalid Shaykh Mohammad. Khalid Shaykh Mohammad is a known terrorist who is responsible for overseeing the attacks of September 11th that led to the killing of 3,000 innocent civilians in America. But I make very clear, again, what our view is.
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And Bush confirmed that renditions have been going on with his approval while providing himself with some ethical cover regarding the negative aspects of the practice.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/03/20050316-3.html
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Q Mr. President, can you explain why you've approved of and expanded the practice of what's called rendition, of transferring individuals out of U.S. custody to countries where human rights groups and your own State Department say torture is common for people under custody?
THE PRESIDENT: The post-9/11 world, the United States must make sure we protect our people and our friends from attack. That was the charge we have been given. And one way to do so is to arrest people and send them back to their country of origin with the promise that they won't be tortured. That's the promise we receive. This country does not believe in torture. We do believe in protecting ourselves. We don't believe in torture. And –
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