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Germany issues 13 CIA arrest warrants

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  • 31-01-2007 2:29pm
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    User45701
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    http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/?jp=CWSNOJIDEYGB

    Short version: the CIA kidnapped and flew Al-Masri to afganistan where he was abused then later released once it was realised they had the wrong man...

    Very interesting story and the US's response to a request for a trail by the abuse e was "A trial could harm national security by revealing details about CIA activities"


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    Dontico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 429 ✭✭Dontico


    fine gael want to check the cia to see who on them. just saying.


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    Chakar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,033 ✭✭✭Chakar


    Looks like the CIA agents involved who are based in North Carolina will disappear following this they can't risk their identities being exposed.


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    Terry
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    Seems the U.S. are above the law on this one, or so they believe.


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    Chakar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,033 ✭✭✭Chakar


    julep wrote:
    Seems the U.S. are above the law on this one, or so they believe.

    Well German extradition requests don't apply to the US and the Americans are never going to cooperate with the inquiry.


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    Terry
    Registered Users Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    Therefore making them feel they are above the law.
    How many more countries is this going to hapen in, before someone stands up and says "no".


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    Judt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 594 ✭✭✭Judt


    Don't forget that EU governments apparently knew about these flights. If we're going to spit bluster about the US doing this then we should also be issuing arrest warrants for our own government ministers. But not like that's going to happen, either... essentially with intelligence operations, and by their nature, one can burn and shred documents and evidence and cite "National Security" all round.

    I think we can fairly well resign ourselves to the fact that pretty much anyone involved, in the US or Europe, won't have to worry about prosecution. Perhaps, just maybe if the heat gets too much, one or two sacrificial pencil pushers will get charged.


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    Henry42
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭Henry42


    Aren't there proceedings against Donald Rumsfeld in Germnay too? Is it technically possible that he could be arrested there?


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    User45701
    Registered Users Posts: 6,905 ✭✭✭User45701


    What i dont understand is why the entire world just does not cut themselves off from the us in punishment for not complying with procedings.

    It would be a bad blow to the world econemy but eurpe and aisa would recover allot fast than the us would all isolated and by themselves


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    sovtek
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    Chakar wrote:
    Well German extradition requests don't apply to the US and the Americans are never going to cooperate with the inquiry.

    Are you saying that Germany and the US don't have an extradition treaty?


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