#extraordinary_rendition

Unmarked Planes & Hidden Geographies : Trevor Paglen
http://vectors.usc.edu/issues/4/trevorpaglen/index.php

#CIA #extraordinary_rendition #black_sites

#Jordanie : le roi nomme un nouveau Premier ministre - Nouvelobs.com
http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/actualite/monde/20110201.AFP1506/jordanie-le-roi-nomme-un-nouveau-premier-ministre.html

Le roi Abdallah II de Jordanie a nommé Maarouf Bakhit pour remplacer Samir Rifaï à la tête du gouvernement et l’a chargé de mener de « réelles réformes politiques », a annoncé mardi le palais royal après plusieurs manifestations de l’opposition au cours des dernières semaines.

SpyTalk: The CIA’s complicated relationship with Egypt
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/spy-talk/2011/01/the_cias_complicated_relations.html?goback=.gde_1784957_membe

The CIA’s man to see in Cairo was Omar Suleiman, the Egyptian intelligence boss whom Hosni Mubarak nudged from the shadows Saturday to be his vice president.

“Omar Suleiman negotiated directly with top [CIA] officials” on the renditions, Jane Mayer wrote in “Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals.”

Edward S. Walker, the American ambassador in Cairo at the time, described Suleiman as “very bright, very realistic,” according to the account of Mayer and others. The envoy said that Suleiman was aware of the flap potential of “some of the negative things that the Egyptians engaged in, of torture and so on.”

Walker added that Suleiman “was not squeamish, by the way.”

At the same time, diplomats in the American Embassy were critical of CIA-funded Egyptian security projects, Walker told the British journalist Stephen Grey, including a "program to train Egyptian special operations forces in counterterrorism arrests.”

The trouble, though, was that "too many people died while fleeing...It got to be a little too obvious, and the agency got very nervous about this,’” Walker told Grey.

#Suleiman #extraordinary_rendition #Égypte #torture

WikiLeaks cables: Turkey let US use airbase for rendition flights | The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/17/wikileaks-cables-turkey-rendition-flights

Turkey allowed the US to use its airbase at Incirlik in southern Turkey as part of the “extraordinary rendition” programme to take suspected terrorists to Guantánamo Bay, according to a US diplomatic cable.

Turkey’s involvement in the controversial programme was revealed in a cable dated 8 June 2006, written by the then US ambassador to Turkey, Ross Wilson. The cable described Turkey as a crucial ally in the “global war on terror” and an important logistical base for the US-led war in Iraq.

“The Turkish military had allowed us to use Incirlik as a refuelling stop for Operation Fundamental Justice detainee movement operations since 2002, but revoked this permission in February of this year. We understand OSD [office of the secretary of defence] and JCS [joint chiefs of staff] have been discussing whether to approach Turkey to seek to reverse this decision,” the cable said.

#cablegate #extraordinary_renditions #Turquie

CIA Rendition Case: US Pressured Italy to Influence Judiciary - Spiegel
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,735268,00.html

The CIA rendition of cleric Abu Omar in 2003 turned into a headache for Washington when a Milan court indicted the agents involved. Secret dispatches now show how the US threatened the Italian government in an attempt to influence the case. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was apparently happy to help.

#Italie #extraordinary_rendition #cablegate

Cas «El-Masri»: les États-Unis menacent l’#Allemagne si elle laisse sa justice (et ses médias) travailler sur le cas El-Masri, citoyen allemand enlevé et torturé dans le cadre d’une #extraordinary_rendition.
http://wikileaks.nl/cable/2007/02/07BERLIN242.html

“He reminded Nikel of the repercussions to U.S.-Italian bilateral relations in the wake of a similar move by Italian authorities last year.

The DCM pointed out that our intention was not to threaten Germany, but rather to urge that the German Government weigh carefully at every step of the way the implications for relations with the U.S. We of course recognized the independence of the German judiciary, but noted that a decision to issue international arrest warrants or extradition requests would require the concurrence of the German Federal Government, specifically the MFA and the Ministry of Justice (MOJ). The DCM said our initial indications had been that the German federal authorities would not allow the warrants to be issued, but that subsequent contacts led us to believe this was not the case.”

Sujet traité par Harpers Magazine:
http://harpers.org/archive/2010/11/hbc-90007831
“Though this cable is framed in typically diplomatic politesse, the underlying message seems clear: it was a demand that Chancellor Merkel’s government intervene to block the criminal investigation, coupled with a threat of negative consequences if it failed to do so.”

#cablegate #wikipeka

#Extraordinary_rendition encore, cette fois en #Espagne, qui subit les pressions et menaces américaines.

Harpers Mag couvre le sujet:
http://harpers.org/archive/2010/12/hbc-90007836
«These cables reveal a large-scale, closely coordinated effort by the State Department to obstruct these criminal investigations. High-ranking U.S. visitors such as former Republican Party Chair Mel Martinez, Senator Judd Gregg, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano were corralled into this effort, warning Spanish political leaders that the criminal investigations would “be misunderstood” and would harm bilateral relations. The U.S. diplomats also sought out and communicated directly with judges and prosecutors, attempting to steer the cases into the hands of judges of their choosing. The cables also reflect an absolutely extraordinary rapport between the Madrid embassy and Spanish prosecutors, who repeatedly appear to be doing the embassy’s bidding.»

Harpers se base notamment sur l’article d’el País:
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/EE/UU/maniobro/Audiencia/Nacional/frenar/casos/elpepuesp/20101130elpepunac_1/Tes

«La Embajada de Estados Unidos en Madrid ha desplegado en los últimos años importantes recursos para frenar o boicotear las causas judiciales abiertas en España contra políticos y militares estadounidenses presuntamente involucrados en casos de torturas en Guantánamo, crímenes de guerra en Irak o secuestros en los vuelos de la CIA. La legación diplomática estadounidense ha dejado constancia escrita de esa actividad en algunos de sus miles de documentos secretos, clasificados o reservados a los que ha tenido acceso EL PAÍS. El propio embajador entre los años 2005 y 2009, Eduardo Aguirre, nombrado por la Administración Bush, ha dirigido personalmente muchas de las presiones ejercidas sobre el Gobierno español o las autoridades judiciales españolas, pero de los informes secretos se desprende que EE UU contó con el apoyo de importantes contactos en España. Entre estos destacan los del fiscal general del Estado, Cándido Conde-Pumpido, y varios fiscales de la Audiencia Nacional, especialmente su jefe, Javier Zaragoza.»

#cablegate #wikileaks