"Extraordinary Rendition"

Re Rob's reference to the Lederman post on "extraordinary rendition," see the article in this morning's NY Times linked here regarding the government's defense of its practices.  The article concerns a lawsuit brought by a naturalized Canadian citizen who charged that he was "plucked" from Kennedy airport while on the way home to Canada, and after being held in a Brooklyn detenion center (during which he was deprived of food, sleep and access to either his family, a lawyer or the Cahadian consul), shipped to Syria to be interrogated under torture.  This appears to be the first suit challenging the practice of transfering suspects to countries known for torture.  I'll let readers  follow the link to read the government's position; it is not uplifting.

Susan