Extraordinary Rendition

This needs to be done very quietly and out of the public's eye, the former agent said.

Why? we might wonder. And who does the deciding?

And just why are we sending them overseas, to Libya and Morocco and Uzbekistan? we might wonder.

To Uzbekistan, a place of breaking and smashing of limbs and teeth, a place of pealing skin with pliers, a place of pulling out finger- and toenails, a place of boiling prisoners to death. That is where we sent them on those secret flights.

To Guantanamo, a hell of our own making, safely out of range of the courts, of due process, of the constitution, of everything that we say we stand for. So safely out of view that we'll just look the other way and chalk it up as just another means to an end.

A justified means to an unquestionable end -- done quietly and out of the public's eye.

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(Hat tip: The Agonist)

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