Rendition: On or Off in Obama Administration?

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Yesterday, I posted an excerpt of a story that alleged that the Obama Administration is holding on the the Bush Era "extreme rendition" policies. But are they? The source, The Raw Story, has more on the story.

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Liberals push back against LA Times story

Many liberal online journalists and bloggers are pushing back against the LA Times story, saying that the paper "got rolled" and/or "punked."At his blog at The Atlantic, Andrew Sullivan writes about the "rendition canard. . ."

Read more at: Raw Story

Obama Administration Approves Rendition?

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I'm willing to cut Barack Obama and his administration a lot of slack, as he tries to repair the damage done by the Bush Administration's past eight years. But this one gives me pause. Rendition? Really?

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Obama preserves rendition two days after taking office

Two days after taking the helm of a country ready for change after eight years of George W. Bush, President Obama has allowed one controversial "War on Terror" tactic to remain in place: rendition. . .

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Eerie Parallels Between Russian and US "Rendition"

Listen to Keith Olbermann's account of the capture and "extreme rendition" of a United States citizen, and then think a little bit about what we've been doing to "enemy combatants" since George W. Bush threw the US Constitution and the Geneva Conventions out the window. It's sobering.