New details have emerged about how the Obama administration has quietly
embraced the controversial practice of extraordinary rendition in which
terrorism suspects are secretly detained and interrogated abroad without
due process. The Washington Post recently reported three European men
with Somali backgrounds were arrested in the East African country of
Djibouti on a "murky pretext" in August. They were then questioned by
U.S. interrogators before being secretly indicted by a U.S. grand jury
and flown to the United States for trial. News of their case accompanies
this week’s nomination of John Brennan as director of the CIA.
Brennan withdrew from consideration for the same position in 2008
amidst protests over his role at the agency under George W. Bush and his
public support of so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques" and
rendition. We’re joined by Ephraim Savitt, a lawyer representing Mohamed
Yusuf, one of the three accused Somali detainees; and Clara Gutteridge,
a human rights investigator and director of the Equal Justice Forum.Video
Source: Democracy Now!
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