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Sat Aug-22-09 03:15 AM
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| 6. Exactly. They transported him. The LA Times is using a loaded word, deliberately, IMO. |
| -Lebanese man is target of first rendition under Obama |
Heidi |
Aug-22-09 01:56 AM |
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Weird story, I hope it is not true. nt |
ZombieHorde |
Aug-22-09 02:21 AM |
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Bringing them to the US for trial is not equivalent to rendering to a third party for torture. |
guruoo |
Aug-22-09 02:31 AM |
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Exactly. They transported him. The LA Times is using a loaded word, deliberately, IMO. |
No Elephants |
Aug-22-09 03:15 AM |
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Edited: I think the term "rendition" is not technically incorrect in the headline. |
Heidi |
Aug-22-09 03:57 AM |
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even if technically correct, it's still misleading |
paulsby |
Aug-22-09 06:13 AM |
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nice try trying to dismiss bigotry against Arabs n/t |
katkat |
Aug-22-09 06:38 AM |
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Aug-22-09 06:41 AM |
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Bingo! |
BunkerHill24 |
Aug-22-09 09:11 AM |
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Do you think readers don't know the difference between "extraordinary rendition" and |
Heidi |
Aug-22-09 06:43 AM |
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i think people now associate the word "rendition" |
paulsby |
Aug-22-09 06:45 AM |
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An extradition, even an international one, does not involve hooding, |
Heidi |
Aug-22-09 06:48 AM |
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can i plead the 5th? |
paulsby |
Aug-22-09 06:51 AM |
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The more I think about it, the more it smells like a RW hit piece. |
guruoo |
Aug-22-09 01:34 PM |
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It is misleading, to say the least. |
guruoo |
Aug-22-09 01:25 PM |
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Remember, it serves RW interests for Obama to be perceived as being no diff than Bush |
guruoo |
Aug-22-09 01:30 PM |
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Remember, it serves RW interests for Obama to be perceived as being no diff than Bush |
guruoo |
Aug-22-09 01:30 PM |
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I Wonder |
lsewpershad |
Aug-22-09 11:26 AM |
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Then technically speaking, if he Karzai gov approved this, it would be legal |
guruoo |
Aug-22-09 01:23 PM |
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indeed america is the most powerful nation in the world.... |
BunkerHill24 |
Aug-22-09 06:12 PM |
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The weird part of the story was the stripping nude and bizarre threats. nt |
ZombieHorde |
Aug-22-09 12:10 PM |
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That part needs corroboration, IMO. |
guruoo |
Aug-22-09 01:37 PM |
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Alternate headline: 'Obama gets tough on white collar crime'... |
guruoo |
Aug-22-09 02:25 AM |
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Rendition refers from to rendering to a third country from US custody. Not sending to the US for |
MidwestTransplant |
Aug-22-09 03:01 AM |
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hooded, stripped naked for photographs and bundled onto an executive jet |
saigon68 |
Aug-22-09 03:15 AM |
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This story is not hanging together somehow. A couple of crooks, stealing from taxpayers, |
No Elephants |
Aug-22-09 03:19 AM |
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Power corrupts, even when a Democrat is in charge. |
ThomCat |
Aug-22-09 05:05 AM |
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What has made you so easily convinced that it's all true? |
guruoo |
Aug-22-09 01:45 PM |
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Is the US the right venue for this trial? |
toopers |
Aug-22-09 07:14 AM |
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I noticed the word extraordinary is not used |
Xipe Totec |
Aug-22-09 07:21 AM |
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Oh, please. |
Robb |
Aug-22-09 07:39 AM |
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We discussed this when it was on Amy Goodman. They are confusing it with extraordinary rendition |
HamdenRice |
Aug-22-09 08:31 AM |
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This shows that Afghanistan is a US colony |
IndianaGreen |
Aug-22-09 12:15 PM |
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Not really. Rendition has become more widespread in countries not under our control |
HamdenRice |
Aug-22-09 01:30 PM |
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There is more to the story..his co-conspirator has plead guilty along.. |
Historic NY |
Aug-22-09 09:21 AM |
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Very misleading headline. |
Lucky Luciano |
Aug-22-09 10:38 AM |
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Would you want a US citizen treated this way (if true) for a white-collar crime? |
Heidi |
Aug-22-09 12:03 PM |
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US citizens are treated this way |
HamdenRice |
Aug-22-09 01:31 PM |
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Render Bush |
Octafish |
Aug-22-09 12:04 PM |
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Is this more of the change we voted for? |
IndianaGreen |
Aug-22-09 12:13 PM |
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Lebanese man is target of first rendition under Obama |
Meeker Morgan |
Aug-23-09 12:14 AM |
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If I read it right it sounds like he was extradited from Afghanistan |
DebbieCDC |
Aug-23-09 12:14 AM |
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So he was released to the US to stand trial for the crimes he is believed to have committed in US |
stray cat |
Aug-23-09 12:14 AM |
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the claims seem pretty clear |
tomm2thumbs |
Aug-23-09 12:14 AM |
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The ONLY reason I think |
xxqqqzme |
Aug-23-09 12:14 AM |
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Extradition |
Coyote_Bandit |
Aug-23-09 12:14 AM |
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looks like a run of the mill extradition |
Uzybone |
Aug-23-09 12:14 AM |
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