Read more rendition stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/203/rendition.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:28:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73776/first-us-citizen-sues-feds-for-rendition.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA New Jersey man yesterday became the first US citizen to sue the federal government for "rendition," the extrajudicial transfer of terrorism suspects between countries. Arrested in Kenya in 2007, Amir Meshal was secretly flown to Somalia, then to Ethiopia, where he claims US agents repeatedly threatened him with "torture,...http://www.newser.com/story/73776/first-us-citizen-sues-feds-for-rendition.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 9:06:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73337/cia-officer-we-broke-the-law-with-kidnapping.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOne of the CIA agents convicted in Italy today of kidnapping a Muslim cleric in 2003 says the mission "broke the law" and that she feels "abandoned and betrayed" by the US government. The case involving ex-officer Sabrina DeSousa and 22 other Americans is the first challenge to the US...http://www.newser.com/story/73337/cia-officer-we-broke-the-law-with-kidnapping.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 18:30:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73317/italy-convicts-cia-agents-of-kidnapping.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Italian judge today convicted 23 Americans of the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric on a Milan street, in a landmark case involving the CIA's extraordinary rendition program in the war on terrorism. Judge Oscar Magi acquitted three other Americans, citing diplomatic immunity. Former Milan CIA station chief Robert...http://www.newser.com/story/73317/italy-convicts-cia-agents-of-kidnapping.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 11:12:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73163/tortured-rendition-victim-told-he-cant-sue.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Canadian citizen sent to Syria after being mistakenly arrested at JFK Airport cannot sue US authorities, a court has ruled. Maher Arar, who says he was tortured during the year he was held in Syrian custody, was told by a New York court that it has no legal right...http://www.newser.com/story/73163/tortured-rendition-victim-told-he-cant-sue.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 4:01:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70072/obama-raises-bar-on-what-passes-for-state-secrets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration will announce much more stringent rules on state secrets today, two Justice Department officials tell the Washington Post , in what amounts to a major shift from Bush-era practice. To keep a program secret, an organization—including intelligence agencies and the military—will have to convince the attorney...http://www.newser.com/story/70072/obama-raises-bar-on-what-passes-for-state-secrets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Sep 2009 5:58:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67500/first-obama-rendition-says-fbi-starved-threatened-him.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen military contractor Raymond Azar was arrested in Afghanistan, he was hooded, shackled, stripped, photographed naked, then flown to Alexandria, Va., in the first known rendition of the Obama administration. But Azar isn’t accused of terrorism. The Lebanese citizen is accused of bribery, a charge he pleaded guilty to on...http://www.newser.com/story/67500/first-obama-rendition-says-fbi-starved-threatened-him.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 22 Aug 2009 8:33:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66496/feds-battle-to-keep-rendition-case-under-wraps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration is fighting to keep details secret in the case of a former Guantanamo detainee who says he was tortured, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. A San Francisco court has ruled Binyam Mohamed and four others can sue the company they allege flew them to secret CIA prisons—...http://www.newser.com/story/66496/feds-battle-to-keep-rendition-case-under-wraps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Aug 2009 6:06:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65566/ireland-agrees-to-take-in-2-gitmo-detainees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIreland has agreed to resettle two Uzbek detainees from the US’ Guantanamo Bay detention center, Ireland’s foreign minister tells the Irish Times . The detainees are among those who are not considered a threat, but can’t be returned to their home countries. Dermot Ahern, a longtime proponent of closing the Guantanamo...http://www.newser.com/story/65566/ireland-agrees-to-take-in-2-gitmo-detainees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Jul 2009 8:42:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57506/court-approves-ex-inmates-suit-against-cia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFive men who allege they were kidnapped and tortured on the orders of CIA agents may bring suit in federal court, an appeals panel ruled yesterday. Presidents Bush and Obama both contended that the case should be dismissed to protect classified evidence. But a federal appeals court panel ruled presidential...http://www.newser.com/story/57506/court-approves-ex-inmates-suit-against-cia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Apr 2009 7:24:59 CDT