US civil rights group (ACLU) to sue CIA

kpete

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Sat Dec-03-05 09:23 AM
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US civil rights group (ACLU) to sue CIA

US civil rights group to sue CIA

Reports claim al-Qaeda members are being held in clandestine jails
A US civil rights groups says it is taking the CIA to court to stop the transportation of terror suspects to countries outside US legal authority.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) says the intelligence agency has broken both US and international law.

It is acting for a man allegedly flown to a secret CIA prison in Afghanistan.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4494246.stm

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DistressedAmerican

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Sat Dec-03-05 09:26 AM
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1. No One Has Done More To End Torture Than These People.

They have worked non stop to secure documents and build a case. I am thrilled for them!

GO ACLU!

Nominated and summarily kicked!

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pberq

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Sat Dec-03-05 09:28 AM
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2. Kick! - Recommended

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hootinholler

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Sat Dec-03-05 10:36 AM
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3. And where do we have to go to find out?

The BBC. FMH.

-Hoot

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