Ghost Plane: The True Story of the CIA Torture ProgramSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 2006 M10 17 - 384 pages For the first time, Stephen Grey tells the inside story of international prisons sanctioned by the U.S. Government and used by the CIA to hold and torture people suspected of terrorism. |
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... according to one senior officer . But , because of its secrecy , this central policy of the U.S. government had hardly been written about or evaluated in its full details . Part 2 of this book describes how I and others 20 INTRODUCTION ...
... According to a later inquiry , this security check included " a body search , their clothes were cut to pieces and placed in bags , their hair was thoroughly examined , as were their oral cavities and ears . In addition they were ...
... according to the law and were brought to an open trial , albeit in a military not a civil court . Before the prisoner came to court he had the chance to meet and discuss his treat- ment not only with a prosecutor but also with his own ...
... According to the two men , they had been treated brutally from the moment of their arrival . Jöns- son , al - Zery's lawyer , said his client received horrific treatment for more than two months after he arrived , at the hands of ...
... According to the International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) , international law required a hearing or independent review before anyone was repatriated to a country where they might fear abuse.49 No such hearings , according to ...
Contents
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A German Citizens Journey | 79 |
Unmasking the New Air America | 105 |
The Secret War Against Al Qaeda | 129 |
The Ice | 155 |
Our Man in Tashkent | 205 |
Rendition and the Law | 214 |
The Realpolitik of Torture | 236 |
Epilogue | 263 |
Appendixes | 277 |
Acknowledgments | 319 |
153 | 366 |
Index | 377 |
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Ghost Plane: The True Story of the CIA Rendition and Torture Program Stephen Grey No preview available - 2007 |