Aus dem Artikel:
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While the U.S. government publicly denounces the use of torture, each
of the current national security officials interviewed for this
article defended the use of violence against captives as just and
necessary. They expressed confidence that the American public would
back their view. The CIA, which has primary responsibility for
interrogations, declined to comment.
"If you don't violate someone's human rights some of the time, you
probably aren't doing your job," said one official who has supervised
the capture and transfer of accused terrorists. "I don't think we
want to be promoting a view of zero tolerance on this. That was the
whole problem for a long time with the CIA."
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Another significant destination for rendered suspects [captured by
US intelligence] is Morocco, whose general intelligence service has
sharply stepped up cooperation with the United States. Morocco has a
documented history of torture, as well as longstanding ties to the
CIA..
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In at least one case, U.S. operatives led the capture and transfer
of an al Qaeda suspect to Syria, which for years has been near the
top of U.S. lists of human rights violators and sponsors of
terrorism. The German government strongly protested the move. The
suspect, Mohammed Haydar Zammar, holds joint German and Syrian
citizenship. It could not be learned how much of Zammar's
interrogation record Syria has provided the CIA.
Hier ist der WP-Artikel:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37943-2002Dec25.html