ACLU Sues Tenet and CIA Over Secret Prisons (VIDEO)
Posted on December 8, 2005
(via Stop the ACLU)
NYT – German man sued former CIA Director George Tenet and other U.S. spy agency officials on Tuesday for wrongful imprisonment, mounting a legal challenge against one of the CIA’s most prominent tactics in Washington’s declared war on terrorism.
The suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Khaled el-Masri claims that in 2003 he became the innocent victim of a CIA tactic known as extraordinary rendition, ACLU and court officials said.
…Masri spoke at an ACLU news conference in Washington via a satellite video link from Stuttgart, Germany, after he was denied entry to the United States on Saturday night in Atlanta. ACLU officials said he was put on the first available flight back to Germany.
The suit, which the ACLU called the first legal challenge of the CIA’s rendition program, charges that Tenet and other CIA officials violated U.S. and universal human rights laws and they authorized agents to kidnap Masri.
“His unlawful abduction and treatment were the direct result of an illegal CIA policy,” the ACLU said.
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Whoever leaked this information should be prosecuted.
“universal human rights laws”? What universal human rights laws? I wasn’t aware that the entire universe had human rights laws…
Even if they meant “international human rights laws” since when did we ever sign on to that international court?
What a bunch of bunk. Typical for the ACLU.
Follow the link that says Stop the ACLU to see my thoughts on these “international human rights laws” of which the United States are not bound by.
Hey Jay,
Remember last week when I pointed out that you were #7 on a google search for “ACLU.” Well you’re not anymore…you’re #6. Kick ass!
You know, I’m going to side on this German guy on this one. We really shouldn’t be doing this (you know, the U.S. should be setting an example for all those other countries to follow), and at one point or another the GeeDub misadministration’s going to have to fess up that it hasn’t been playing fair.
Why should we play fair again?
Is it right for us to prosecute former foreign leader (whom I admit is quite a piece of work in his own right) for some of the same acts our leaders are sanctioning? I agree we have to do something to stop terrorism, but is acting like complete fools and torturing everyone that looks at us wrong doesn’t seem kosher (pun intended). My feeling is that some of the people that are in these prisons haven’t done anything wrong, and might have been protected by the First Amendment if U.S. citizens. Would you feel comfortable having a fellow blogger sent to one of these prisons because he disagreed with the U.S. Government policies?