Congressman urges probe into company's role in war

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By Rukmini Callimachi, Associated Press Writer

PORTLAND - U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer is calling for an investigation into a Portland company that owns a sleek executive jet which has reportedly been used by the CIA to ferry alleged terrorists to countries that are believed to torture prisoners.

Bayard Foreign Marketing LLC is the registered owner of a multimillion-dollar Gulfstream V that's been spotted at airports around the world being boarded by hooded and handcuffed prisoners. Human rights groups claim the plane - which critics have nicknamed "Air CIA" and "The Guantanamo Express" - is a key piece of what they say is the U.S. government's "torture by proxy" program.

On the floor of the House of Representatives Tuesday, Blumenauer called Bayard Foreign Marketing a tool used to hide the transfer of prisoners to brutal regimes. <snip>

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