after reading all of the articles on rendition available via this website, a question comes up: are you americans being punk'd again?
i'd say yes.
ask yourself this: who is going to get upset about this news? the public will say, "their terrorists so fuck 'em".
certain politicians will make a bit of noise in order to cover themselves for the future.
political activist (that's you) will furiously type a post or two and then await the next "scandal".
but has anyone considered why are "secret prisons" necessary? you americans possess a huge air force and navy. a single cargo ship floating in the indian ocean can hold hundreds of suspects. take a detainee, give him a large dose of lsd, blindfold him, take him out in a helicopter over the ocean, attach a rope to his feet and dunk him into the water head first a few times. he will sing like an italian tenor. guaranteed.
a secret prison on land is an unneeded liability.
but what if you wanted to put the fear of god (or allah), uncertainty and suspicion into your enemy. a perfect method would be to create the IMAGE of a omnipotent force that can grab you anywhere and anytime and whisk you away. then you "leak" info about this force's omnipotent ability.
and hasn't the image of the cia always been that of a mysterious omnipotent entity; a mere rung beneath superman?
ask yourself this final question: why was al-masri, the cleric abducted in italy, freed and then allowed to talk? dead men tell no tales and he would have been just one more casualty of the "war on terror"?
americans, you've been punk'd. again.