Extraordinary rendition, U.S., George W. Bush Administration

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While the United States had previously used extraordinary rendition, it was most prevalent under the George W. Bush Administration, as part of its policies on the war on terror.

However, I can tell you two things: one, that we abide by the law of the United States; we do not torture. And two, we will try to do everything we can to protect us within the law. We're facing an enemy that would like to hit America again, and the American people expect us to, within our laws, do everything we can to protect them. And that's exactly what the United States is doing. We do not render to countries that torture. That has been our policy, and that policy will remain the same.^[1]

Khalid el-Masri[edit]

After Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, intervened, Condaleeza Rice, the Secretary of State, determined that Khalid el-Masri, a German citizen, had been detained by mistake. ^[2]

One of the concerns in this case, involving a German citizen, was the Council of Europe of June 2006 had reported that el-Masri's account of having been abducted and mistreated was substantially accurate. ^[3] .

Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr[edit]

In another case, independent Italian prosecutors indicted U.S. and Italian intelligence personnel for the capture, in Italy, of Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr and his rendition to Egypt. Nasr was later released. The trial is still in progress in 2009, but has been restricted by the Italian constitutional court, which ruled that inadmissible intelligence information had been used by prosecutors.

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