I think the main problem here is the secrecy. In several other ways, Obama has opened up what Bush & Cheney had kept secret. A lot of us were hoping he'd do it in this case, too.
"rendition" in general just means transferring someone to a different jurisdiction. Legal extradition is a form of rendition. So the legality of rendition in general has never been at issue.
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Date: 2009-02-11 06:38 am (UTC)"rendition" in general just means transferring someone to a different jurisdiction. Legal extradition is a form of rendition. So the legality of rendition in general has never been at issue.