Acts of torture or severe violation of detainees' dignity through the administration of inhuman or degrading treatment are carried outside national territory and beyond the authority of national intelligence services.
All the indications are that this 'extraordinary rendition' was already known about.
But it is possible that there were detainees that stayed 10, 15 or 30 days. We do not have the full picture.
But we may well ask why it is only now that allegations concerning secret detention centers in Europe are triggering a proper debate and public shock.
Hundreds of CIA-chartered flights have passed through numerous European countries.
I find it hard to believe these actions could have taken place without a degree of collaboration or passivity by governments or services operating under them. I am thinking of the secret services.
If a country resorts to the tactics of gangsters I say no. There are different elements that allow me to say that governments were aware of what was happening.
In the Abu Omar case is a crystal clear case of extraordinary rendition. Italian investigators built a net around him, and the Americans destroyed it all.
It is highly unlikely that European governments, or at least their intelligence services, were unaware.
It takes time to find justice, but I am optimistic.
Legal proceedings in progress in certain countries seemed to indicate that individuals had been abducted and transferred to other countries without respect for any legal standards.
So far, all we have is a suspicion. There have been certain reports and they must be investigated.
The proof is completely clear and the CIA has never denied it.
The strategy in place today respects neither human rights nor the Geneva Conventions. The current administration in Washington is trying to combat terrorism outside legal means, the rule of law.
There are countries that have collaborated actively, and there are others who have tolerated. Others have simply looked the other way.
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