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Former Top CIA lawyer Admits That CIA Gave Inadequate and Inaccurate Information to Congressional Oversight Committees on Rendition Programme
Stephen Preston, former General Counsel of the CIA, also acknowledged that it is possible to determine whether legal alternatives to burtal interrogations of detainees would have produced the same intelligence. More can be read here.
Libyan national seeks to hold UK Government accountable for its role in his 2004 rendition
The civil case brought by Libyan dissident Abdul Hakim Belhaj and his wife Fatima Bouchar concerning their 2004 rendition, which involved the CIA and MI6, brings claims of false imprisonment, conspiracy to cause injury, abuse of public office and negligence against the Government, MI6 and former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw. More can be read here.
Abu Anas al-Libi Rendered to New York to Stand Trial
Al Libi, who was captured by US special forces on 5 October 2013, is expected to stand trial in federal court over whether he helped plan and conduct surveillance for the bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. US intelligence officials interrogated al-Libi for a week aboard the USS San Antonio in the Mediterranean Sea. Under President Obama, interrogations at sea have replaced CIA black sites for holding suspected terrorists and questioning them without access to lawyers. More can be read here.
A look at US Interrogation Practices of Al-Qaeda Suspects
The New York Times examines the practices likely employed under President Obama's interrogation policies to question al-Qaeda suspect Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai (aka Abu Anas al-Libi), who was captured by American forces in Libya. More can be read here.
US military involved in rendition of alleged al-Qaeda operative captured in Libya
US Special Operations forces captured Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, also known as Abu Anas al-Libi, in Tripoli on 5 October 2013 and secretly removed him from the country. He was wanted in connection with the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya. US officials say that Ruqai will be brought before a US federal criminal court relatively quickly and will not be held incommunicado indefinitely or transferred to a third country for interrogation. President Obama has barred the use of extraordinary rendition but reserved the right to capture and render some suspects for trial i…
Guantanamo detainee files complaint against UK security services
Shaker Aamer, the last British resident detained in Guantanamo Bay, has filed a complaint with the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) accuisng the UK secuirty services of preventing his release due to defamatory statements. More can be read here.