U.S. Torture

Italian court convicts 23 Americans in CIA rendition case

November 4 2009

An Italian court on Wednesday convicted 22 CIA operatives and a U.S. Air Force colonel of orchestrating the kidnapping of a Muslim cleric in Milan in 2003 and flying him to Egypt, where he said he was later tortured.

The judge in the case, Oscar Magi, said three other Americans, including the former Rome station chief for the CIA, were covered by diplomatic immunity.

The Americans were all tried in abstentia...>>>

More than embarrassing scandal:

Torture a War Crime requiring Accountability

A 4-Part report in recognition of tortured survivors and in memory of those murdered by torture. Torture Accountability Day: this Thursday, June 25th

Part 1 Torture Accountability - it’s a family affair

Disappearing citizens a la "School Of Assassins" (SOA) mode, torturing them, including children (even sexually), hanging people from ceilings, water boarding, sleep deprivation, slicing genitals, and raping are more than an embarrassing scandal. These are war crimes.................

Torture a War Crime Part II

Part II. Extraordinary rendition misleading term for kidnap and torture

Up to 80,000 kidnapped people have been 'through the system' since 2001, and 98% of prisoners in U.S. custody overseas are in secret prisons according to Clive Stafford-Smith.

Nature of the kidnapping-torture crime termed “extraordinary rendition” is organized and systematic, as a short testimonial video by Iceandfire and Reprieve reveals.

Executive order to ensure lawful interrogations peace train or FEMA train?............

"RESOLUTION: The Torture Song" By David Ippolito



The rally in Washington, D.C., on Torture Accountability Action Day, Thursday, June 25, 11 a.m., John Marshall Park.

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