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Anarchangel: .Ref fix & moved Torture by Proxy section, which arguably deserves an article of its own, to higher section class

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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Extraordinary Rendition By The United States}}
 [[Category:Central Intelligence Agency operations]]
 [[Category:Emergency laws]]

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 Multiple sources of evidence exist to support the allegation that the CIA runs a secret global abduction and internment operation of suspected terrorists, known as â€œextraordinary renditionâ€, which since 2001 has captured about 3,000 people and transported them around the world.
-At least three sources of evidence exist<ref name=Bbc051213"/><ref name="Bbc060114"/><<ref name="LaTimes051208"/> to support the allegation that [[torture]] has been employed with the knowledge or [[acquiescence]] of the Governments of the United States and the United Kingdom (torture by proxy). [[Condoleezza Rice]], then [[United States Secretary of State]], said in an April 2006 radio interview that the United States does not transfer people to places where it is known they will be tortured.<ref name=MJC-2006-04-05/><ref name="BBC_GC_2005-04-05">Gordon Corera ''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4414491.stm Does UK turn a blind eye to torture?]'', BBC 5 April 2005 "One member of the [parliamentary foreign affairs] committee described the policy as 'effectively torture by proxy'".</ref><ref name="BBC_JN_2005-04-01">James Naughtie's [http://london.usembassy.gov/forpo916.html Interview of Secretary Rice With British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw] on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme 1 April 2006 on the website of the United States Embassy in London</ref>
+At least three sources of evidence exist<ref name="Bbc051213"/><ref name="Bbc060114"/><<ref name="LaTimes051208"/> to support the allegation that [[torture]] has been employed with the knowledge or [[acquiescence]] of the Governments of the United States and the United Kingdom (torture by proxy). [[Condoleezza Rice]], then [[United States Secretary of State]], said in an April 2006 radio interview that the United States does not transfer people to places where it is known they will be tortured.<ref name=MJC-2006-04-05/><ref name="BBC_GC_2005-04-05">Gordon Corera ''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4414491.stm Does UK turn a blind eye to torture?]'', BBC 5 April 2005 "One member of the [parliamentary foreign affairs] committee described the policy as 'effectively torture by proxy'".</ref><ref name="BBC_JN_2005-04-01">James Naughtie's [http://london.usembassy.gov/forpo916.html Interview of Secretary Rice With British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw] on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme 1 April 2006 on the website of the United States Embassy in London</ref>
 The US program prompted several official investigations in [[Europe]] into alleged secret detentions and unlawful inter-state transfers involving [[Council of Europe]] member states. [[#June 27, 2006 Council of Europe resolution|June 2006 report]] from the Council of Europe estimated 100 people had been kidnapped by the United States' [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA) on [[EU]] territory (with the cooperation of Council of Europe members), and rendered to other countries, often after having transited through secret detention centers ("[[black sites]]") used by the CIA, some sited in Europe. According to the separate [[#The European Parliament's February 14, 2007 report|European Parliament report of February 2007]], the CIA has conducted 1,245 flights, many of them to destinations where suspects could face torture, in violation of article 3 of the [[United Nations Convention Against Torture]].<ref>
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 Following mounting scrutiny in [[Europe]], including investigations held by [[Swiss]] senator [[Dick Marty]] who released a public report in June 2006, the [[United States Senate|US Senate]], in December 2005, was about to approve a measure that would include amendments requiring the director of national intelligence to provide regular, detailed updates about secret detention facilities maintained by the United States overseas, and to account for the treatment and condition of each prisoner.<ref name="NyTimes051215">{{cite news | title=Senate is Set to Require White House to Account for Secret Prisons | url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F1071FFA34550C768DDDAB0994DD404482 | mirror=http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/121505J.shtml | date=December 15, 2005 | accessdate=2005-12-18 | work=The New York Times | first=Douglas | last=Jehl}}</ref>
-==Reported methodology==
+== Torture by proxy ==
-Media reports describe suspects as being arrested, blindfolded, shackled, and sedated, or otherwise [[kidnapping|kidnapped]], and transported by private jet or other means to the destination country.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/guantanamo/story/0,13743,1540752,00.html Suspect's tale of travel and torture], Stephen Grey and Ian Cobain, ''[[The Guardian]]'', 2 August 2005. "He says he was flown on what he believes was a US aircraft to Morocco, while shackled, blindfolded and wearing earphones"</ref> The reports also say that the rendering countries have provided interrogators with lists of questions.
+=== Ahmad case ===
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-==== Ahmad case ====
 A story in the ''Los Angeles Times'' on December 8, 2005 seems to corroborate the claims of "torture by proxy." It mentions the attorneys for [[Wikipedia:Majid Mahmud Abdu Ahmad|Majid Mahmud Abdu Ahmad]], a detainee held by the Pentagon at Guantanamo Bay, filed a petition to prevent his being transferred to foreign countries. According to the petition's description of a redacted classified US Defense Department memo from March 17, 2004, its contents say  "officials suggested sending Ahmad to an unspecified foreign country that employed torture in order to increase chances of extracting information from him."<ref name="LaTimes051208"/>
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 In a report, regarding the allegations of CIA flights, on December 13, 2005, by the rapporteur and Chair of the [[Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe]]'s Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Swiss councillor [[Dick Marty]], it was concluded: "The elements we have gathered so far tend to reinforce the credibility of the allegations concerning the transport and temporary detention of detainees â€” outside all judicial procedure - in European countries."<ref name="Bbc051213">{{cite news | title=CIA abduction claims 'credible' | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4524864.stm | accessdate=2005-12-18 | work=[[BBC News Online]] | date=December 13, 2005 }}</ref>
 In a press conference in January 2006, he stated ''"he was personally convinced the US had undertaken illegal activities in Europe in transporting and detaining prisoners."''<ref name="Bbc060114">{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4611518.stm | title=Europe 'complicit over CIA jails' | work=[[BBC News Online]] | date=January 14, 2006 | accessdate=2006-09-07 }}</ref>
 ===Airline flights===

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