Rendition to torture /
Clarke, Alan W.
Rendition to torture / Alan W. Clarke. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2012. - 1 online resource. - Genocide, political violence, human rights series . - Genocide, political violence, human rights series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Cultivating a torture culture -- From Eichmann and Carlos "the Jackal" to Reagan and Clinton -- Significant U.S. renditions to torture -- State secrets privilege trumps justice: Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan -- The illegality of the Iraq War and how rendition sparked it -- European and Canadian complicity in rendition and torture.
Many Americans were surprised following the attacks of 9/11 at how easily the United States embraced torture as well as the supposedly lesser evil of cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment. Extraordinary rendition-sending people captured in the "war on terror" to nations long counted among the world's worst human rights violators-hid from the public eye cruel and bloody interrogations. In Rendition to Torture, Alan W. Clarke explains how the United States adopted torture as a matter of offici.
9780813553122 (electronic bk.) 0813553121 (electronic bk.) (hardcover) (hardcover)
22573/ctt4jxnrp JSTOR
Extraordinary rendition--United States.
Torture--Government policy--United States.
Detention of persons--Government policy--United States.
Deportation--Government policy--United States.
False imprisonment--United States.
National security--United States.
Extraordinary rendition.
Torture.
Extradition extraordinaire--États-Unis.
Séquestration--États-Unis.
Extradition extraordinaire.
LAW--Constitutional.
LAW--Public.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Human Rights.
Detention of persons--Government policy.
Extraordinary rendition.
False imprisonment.
National security.
Torture.
Torture--Government policy.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
KF9635 / .C53 2012
342.7308/2
Rendition to torture / Alan W. Clarke. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2012. - 1 online resource. - Genocide, political violence, human rights series . - Genocide, political violence, human rights series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Cultivating a torture culture -- From Eichmann and Carlos "the Jackal" to Reagan and Clinton -- Significant U.S. renditions to torture -- State secrets privilege trumps justice: Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan -- The illegality of the Iraq War and how rendition sparked it -- European and Canadian complicity in rendition and torture.
Many Americans were surprised following the attacks of 9/11 at how easily the United States embraced torture as well as the supposedly lesser evil of cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment. Extraordinary rendition-sending people captured in the "war on terror" to nations long counted among the world's worst human rights violators-hid from the public eye cruel and bloody interrogations. In Rendition to Torture, Alan W. Clarke explains how the United States adopted torture as a matter of offici.
9780813553122 (electronic bk.) 0813553121 (electronic bk.) (hardcover) (hardcover)
22573/ctt4jxnrp JSTOR
Extraordinary rendition--United States.
Torture--Government policy--United States.
Detention of persons--Government policy--United States.
Deportation--Government policy--United States.
False imprisonment--United States.
National security--United States.
Extraordinary rendition.
Torture.
Extradition extraordinaire--États-Unis.
Séquestration--États-Unis.
Extradition extraordinaire.
LAW--Constitutional.
LAW--Public.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Human Rights.
Detention of persons--Government policy.
Extraordinary rendition.
False imprisonment.
National security.
Torture.
Torture--Government policy.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
KF9635 / .C53 2012
342.7308/2