Extraordinary Rendition aka. Kidnapping with intent to torture

Commonly known in the US as "Extraordinary Rendition," this practice invented in the Clinton era is used by the CIA to kidnap suspects from countries where the US has no jurisdiction and bring them to countries or US bases where they can be tortured for information.

Below from Wikipedia article "Extraordinary Rendition" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_rendition

The procedure was developed by Central Intelligence Agency officials in the mid-1990s who were trying to track down and dismantle militant Islamic organizations in the Middle East, particularly Al Qaeda [10].

According to Clinton Administration official Richard Clarke,

"'extraordinary renditions', were operations to apprehend terrorists abroad, usually without the knowledge of and almost always without public acknowledgement of the host government...The first time I proposed a snatch, in 1993, the White House Counsel, Lloyd Cutler, demanded a meeting with the President to explain how it violated international law. Clinton had seemed to be siding with Cutler until Al Gore belatedly joined the meeting, having just flown overnight from South Africa. Clinton recapped the arguments on both sides for Gore: Lloyd says this. Dick says that. Gore laughed and said, 'That's a no-brainer. Of course it's a violation of international law, that's why it's a covert action. The guy is a terrorist. Go grab his ass.'"[11]