| Description |
1 online resource (73 pages) : digital, PDF file |
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Clingendael security paper ; no. 9 |
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Introduction -- Extraordinary means in times of terror? -- Reactions, the involvement and ignorance of European states -- Lessons to be learned? -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
The US conception of the fight against terrorism as a "war" led to the use of extraordinary instruments by its biggest civilian intelligence agency, the CIA. Such measures include extra-legal renditions of terrorist suspects and their subsequent detention in secret prisons. As will be argued in this paper, the global reach of the CIA's activities also involves European state authorities and other actors. Forms of involvement range from an operational involvement to tolerating, or ignoring, the use of European territory for the purpose of renditions. While this involvement has been investigated by the Council of Europe (CoE) in great detail as well as by the European Parliament (EP), the overall picture remains rather vague and important facts are still missing. Nevertheless, the facts that are known ought to be understood as pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. The dimension of the issue is visible and there are still new jigsaw pieces added thanks to investigative journalists, investigative committees, individual testimonies by former detainees, reports by human rights organizations as well as, to a much lesser extent, government documents and statements by government authorities |
| Notes |
"March 2009." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 55-72) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- Rules and practice
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| SUBJECT |
United States. Central Intelligence Agency. fast (OCoLC)fst00536259 |
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War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
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Extraordinary rendition -- United States
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Extraordinary rendition -- Europe
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Detention of persons -- United States
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Detention of persons -- Europe
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Detention of persons.
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Extraordinary rendition.
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Europe.
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United States.
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Rules.
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Electronic book
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