Misblog

Originally Published February 28, 2007; Last Updated and Republished November 04, 2009:

Today, Bush King Bush the Idiot extends his breathtaking lawlessness with the announcement, by State Department Office of the Legal Adviser, John B. Bellinger that the United States will not honor its Extradition Treaty with Italy, TIAS No. 10837, signed 10/13/83 and entered into force 9/24/84.

Bellinger said that the United States has not yet received an Italian request for extradition of the indicted CIA officers (see Misblog's Who Will Stop The Torture Update-15). But, that the United States would not honor any such request or certificate of extraditability, if received.

Web:

• UPDATED 11/04/2009 NYT, Italy Convicts 23 Americans for C.I.A. Renditions.

  Unfortunately our government has chosen not to honor the extradition (a form of rendition as opposed to extraordinary rendition) of these CIA officers and is unlikely to honor their convictions.

  Nevertheless, this does not mean that the community of nations should not continue to demand accountability from our government for its usage of all extraordinary renditions¹.

• First CIA rendition trial opens
• U.S. says it will not extradite CIA agents to Italy

Link to Misblog's:

• Who Will Stop The Torture Update-17
• Who Will Stop The Torture Update-16
• Who Will Stop The Torture Update-15
• Who Will Stop The Torture Update-14
• Who Will Stop The Torture Update-13
• Who Will Stop The Torture Update-12
• Who Will Stop The Torture Update-11
• Who Will Stop The Torture Update-10
• Who Will Stop The Torture Update-9
• Who Will Stop The Torture Update-8
• Who Will Stop The Torture Update-7
• Who Will Stop The Torture Update-6
• Who Will Stop The Torture Update-5
• Who Will Stop The Torture Update-4
• Who Will Stop The Torture Update-3
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  Who Will Stop The Torture Update-2
• Who Will Stop The Torture Update-1
• Who Will Stop The Torture

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1. Any rendition which does not immediately register, present, and continuously track an in custody person in accordance with the rule-of-law, laws-of-war, and internationally recognized, conventions, customs, and procedures.

If our CIA officers or military or law enforcement are in possession of an individual it must be for the purpose of immediately complying with the above. Not for transport to any torture and interrogation center or any other location however brief the delay.

If our president authorizes an extraordinary rendition, regardless of the asserted justification the president must immediately resign or otherwise be removed from office.