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Description: Extraordinary rendition is a euphemism for a CIA program to kidnap people and fly them to secret prisons around the world for torture. We are being told this is a good thing.
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Documentation – CIA’s secret jails open up new transatlantic rift
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05:42
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Includes background info on the beginnings of the extraordinary rendition program.
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Guardian
Documentation – Against All Enemies
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06:30
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From counterterror “czar” Richard Clarke’s memoirs.
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Archive.org
Documentation – Presidential Decision Directive 39
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07:43
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Clinton allows the CIA to capture people from any country, with or without that country’s consent.
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FAS
Documentation – Tapes depict proposal to thwart bombs used in Trade Center blast
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08:52
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The New York Times article which details how the FBI handlers directed their informant to help carry out the bombing.
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WhatReallyHappened
Documentation – Mystery Flights
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10:20
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The first part of a British documentary about the extraordinary rendition program.
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YouTube
Documentation – Maher Arar
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16:08
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Information about the Canadian citizen extraordinarily rendered by the US to Syria against his will.
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MaherArar.ca
Documentation – Maher Arar speaks to a joint house hearing on extraordinary rendition
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16:48
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Maher Arar’s story in his own words.
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YouTube
Documentation – Khaled El-Masri
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23:51
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Details of the German citizen who was kidnapped by the CIA while on vacation in Macedonia.
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ACLU
Documentation – Interview with Stephen Grey
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24:00
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Interview with the reporter who broke the extraordinary rendition program story.
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Youtube
Documentation – Council of Europe report on secret detentions
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24:18
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Links to the official reports issued by the COE investigation into the CIA black sites in Europe.
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Council of Europe
Documentation – Inside the secret prison
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25:25
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Brian Ross report about a former CIA agent agonizing about the terror techniques being used in the war on terror.
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Video No Longer Available Online
Documentation – CIA destroyed tapes despite court order
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31:29
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Tapes of the Zubaydah interrogation reported on by Brian Ross have mysteriously been destroyed…despite court orders that the CIA not destroy them. How curious.
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Star News Online
Documentation – FBI, CIA debate signficance of terror suspect
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32:13
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Zubaydah is largely a loud-mouthed and mentally troubled hotelier according to the FBI.
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Washington Post
Documentation – Daily Show on Republican presidential debate
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34:02
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What an exciting way to present the complex issue of terrorism and torture: by stealing the far-fetched plot of a tv show you’ve seen!
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The Daily Show
Documentation – Bill Clinton on torture and Jack Bauer
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36:24
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Bill Clinton gives a wink and a nod to Jack Bauer wannabes.
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YouTube
Documentation – Is 24 propaganda? Is the Pope Catholic?
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37:56
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The first answer is yes. The second answer is debatable.
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PrisonPlanet.com
Documentation – Primetime Torture
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39:32
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Website from Human Rights First about positive presentations of torture in the media.
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Primetime Torture
Documentation – CNN report on 24 and torture
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39:53
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Is 24’s Jack Bauer teaching torture to US soldiers?
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YouTube
Documentation – Taguba report
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43:27
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Report by Major General Antonio Taguba about abuses of detainees at Abu Ghraib.
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FAS
John Yoo (White House Counsel) defends President’s right to torture
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44:25
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A disgusting display of sycophancy.
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Soundcloud
Documentation – KSM confessed to targeting bank founded after his arrest
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45:16
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The supposed 9/11 mastermind plotted against a bank which wasn’t founded when he was arrested.
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911Blogger
Documentation – US says it has right to kidnap British citizens
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46:34
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If Washington wants you, they can kidnap you anywhere in the world.
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Sunday Times
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