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21:06 Oct 31, 2018 |
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4 +9 | to transport him clandestinely to another country for interrogation (probably under torture) |
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to transport him clandestinely to another country for interrogation (probably under torture) Explanation: This refers to "extraordinary rendition", a notorious practice during the years of the Iraq War in the aftermath of 9/11. It's defined here: "rendition the legal procedure or process of sending a suspected criminal to another country to be interrogated or detained, usually for law-enforcement purposes." https://www.dictionary.com/browse/rendition?r=66 "extraordinary rendition secret or forcible rendition of a suspected criminal to another country, often a country known to violate human rights and due process of law: the CIA’s extraordinary rendition of terrorist suspects" https://www.dictionary.com/browse/extraordinary-rendition The victims of this process, needless to say, were usually suspected Islamic terrorists. As happens very frequently and readily in modern English, a noun has been converted into a verb. To "rendition" someone means to subject them to rendition, specifically (covert) extraordinary rendition. So to say that the CIA "renditioned" someone means that they transported that person to another country (often Egypt) for interrogation in conditions that would have been illegal in the United States. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2018-10-31 22:29:59 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- GITMO is the US Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Waterboarding is a well known torture technique used there. |
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