Do you want to know why the world didn’t jump to protest Iran’s treatment of British prisoners? Here’s a clue:
German prosecutors said Thursday they will make a new attempt to bring 13 CIA workers to justice for the abduction of a German-Lebanese citizen mistakenly suspected of terrorism.
“We will submit an application for temporary custody in the United States,” Chief Prosecutor August Stern said in Munich, two months after a court in the city issued arrest warrants for the 13.
The suspects are believed to be the crew and passengers of an aircraft that flew Lebanese-born Khaled el-Masri from Macedonia to Afghanistan in 2003. Masri alleges he was secretly detained for five months in Kabul then dumped by his captors in Albania.
Here’s another clue:
The CIA and FBI agents have been interrogating hundreds of detainees at secret prisons in Ethiopia. Many of the prisoners were recently transferred there secretly and illegally from Kenya and Somalia. They are being held without charge or access to counsel. One of those held is 24 year-old U.S. citizen, Amir Mohamed Meshal.
Of course, there is a longer history, but the current administration has pretty much destroyed America’s reputation for promoting human rights.
