In 2006, the Bush Administration sent a delegation to Europe to demand that European naitons publicly express “solidarity” with the United States on its various positions in the war on terror, including making public their support for the rendition of suspects. The details come from a cable released by WikiLeaks.
The cable detailed a number of official positions of the Bush Administration, including the rationale behind the claim that terror suspects have no rights under the Geneva Conventions. It also includes a claim that torture and mistreatment of non-US citizens outside of the borders of the United States is not banned by American law, but that there is a “customary presidential practice” against doing so.
It also insists that extraordinary renditions are not being conducted explicitly for the purpose of getting the detainees tortured but rather for convenience sake. They rejected the allegation that “hundreds of people has been kidnapped from the European streets” as lacking evdence and said they trusted that European government would respect the “confidentiality” of such operations in general.
The cable concludes that the European officials met with “responded very positively” to the arguments made but that some remained concerned that if the truth about US renditions came out it would damage their governments.
How low can this country go before it is beyond redemption?
It's already there.
Completely fascist sadly I suspect Klyde – more clause by clause boning of the Constitution in the name of security – more meat added to the pernicious concept of 'Homeland Security' [how did you manage to enshrine such legislation in such excellent Nazi Speak?- a straight lift from the Third Reich]
– more fear – more paranoia – more pandering to the lowest common denominator of US ignorance and arrogance.
What troubles me most about the leaks is the vapid banality and total lack of comprehension of anything at all revealed in their content – demonstrating the low grade fifth rate quality of your 'Diplomats'
Eventually there will be change – a combination of your debt and the ridicule, contempt and derision felt toward the USA by most of the rest of humanity will so corrode things that there will be an inevitable reaction at some point – maybe – but a lot more pain to be endured by your country – and the rest of us too until that happens.
Rendition is simply another variant of terrorism. And it seems that this is backed up by the positive aspect, that it is easier to do so, than respect international law and order. Itself most CERTAINLY a positive proof, that here we have one government official supporting terrorism, whenever it is more effective for the government.
Your are at the same time battling terrorism, and spreading it, and the legitimacy to use it, over the whole world! So as to involve all of mankind into a self-inflicted, meaningless degeneration of law, peace and cooperation. Like a sick mind, that would promote economic freedom by generating an ever growing need, and then earn money on selling products and services to battle them.
Well, over the long run, EITHER will any value, production, surplus, life become a service to this idiocy, eating anything up, OR else it will become known as another one of the dead paths of human history, famed as such, with monuments raised to defame this horrific babbling inferno of mindless and irresponsible policies.
"This in memorial of the countless innocent victims of those human monsters, especially trained, developed and harbored by the wicked USA of murder, blackmail and torture, which led mankind to near collapse in the Age of Spin".
yep some people have a custom not to eat meat on fridays
and some people have a custom to wear certain kinds of hats
and some presidents have a custom not to commit war crimes.
you know but some times customs are inconvenient, like the only restaurant open is only selling meat or its to windy for a hat or we feels like kidnapping torturing and murdering people you know its just a custom