U.S. Extraordinary Renditions Subject to Foreign and U.S. Investigations and Oversight

Increasing attention is targeting the practice of extraordinary renditions by the Central Intelligence Agency. In particular, at least three European countries have started criminal investigation and the U.S. Congress is examining the practices. Italy, Germany, and Sweden have started investigations into extraordinary renditions that occurred on their territories. One rendition occurred in February 2003, when a radical Egyptian cleric known as Abu Omar was kidnapped in Milan...[more]