February 01, 2009

Obama Preserves Rendition, Lefturds Who Slammed Bush Curiously Silent

Oops! Looks like sunshine farts, "talking" and hybrid cars aren't going to stop Islamic nutjobs from plotting and executing terrorist attacks. And if Daily Kos and Andrew "Power Glutes" Sullivan aren't willing to acknowledge it, then their Dear Leader will. File under "told you so":

Under executive orders issued by Obama recently, the CIA still has authority to carry out what are known as renditions, secret abductions and transfers of prisoners to countries that cooperate with the United States.

Current and former U.S. intelligence officials said that the rendition program might be poised to play an expanded role going forward because it was the main remaining mechanism -- aside from Predator missile strikes -- for taking suspected terrorists off the street.

The rendition program became a source of embarrassment for the CIA, and a target of international scorn, as details emerged in recent years of botched captures, mistaken identities and allegations that prisoners were turned over to countries where they were tortured.

The European Parliament condemned renditions as "an illegal instrument used by the United States." Prisoners swept up in the program have sued the CIA as well as a Boeing Co. subsidiary accused of working with the agency on dozens of rendition flights.

Well, they're going to have to keep complaining, because The Prince of Peace, Barack Obama, is not going to discard it.

Welcome to the pro-torture club, ye leftwing warmongers.

By Good Lt. at 06:32 PM | |