The Guardian has the scoop:
Abuses carried out under the CIA's secret programme of extraordinary rendition are to be investigated by one of the Senate's most powerful committees, it emerged today.
The new chairman of the Senate armed services committee, the Democratic senator Carl Levin, revealed that he was "not comfortable" with the rendition system and said it was making the US less secure.
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Asked whether he would investigate the renditions programme, including the secret prisons and missing detainees, Mr Levin replied: "Yes. Yes, yes and yes."...
Amnesty International has described extraordinary renditions as a policy of "disappearances" and welcomed Mr Levin's announcement.
"It is long overdue," an Amnesty spokeswoman said. "Many aspects of the US war on terror are of concern and are questionable. There is a need for greater transparency and we need to know who has been taken and where."
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Mr Levin made his comments as he was outlining the priorities of the committee after the Democrats' gain in last week's midterm elections. The first order of business would be to change the direction of Iraq policy, he said.
Good going for Michigan’s longest-serving US Senator in history, whom TIME Magazine named one of America’s 10 Best Senators. Now if only we can get Debbie on board…
2 comments:
I think this is great. Levin, imho, is a star. I really like this guy.
He impressed me when he showed up for our party meeting. He's awesome.
By the way, I am enjoying your blog.
Thanks! Yeah, I haven't met him yet, but boy would I sure love to!!
I sure hope he runs again in 2008!!
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