Comments on: The “Extraordinary Rendition” Program http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/6732.html Some Chicago Boyz know each other from student days at the University of Chicago. Others are Chicago boys in spirit. The blog name is also intended as a good-humored gesture of admiration for distinguished Chicago boys including those pictured above. Fri, 25 May 2012 18:44:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Shannon Love http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/6732.html/comment-page-1#comment-293368 Shannon Love Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:53:41 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=6732#comment-293368 From my reading, covert detentions have been running mostly non-stop since WWII. The British began the practice early in WWII disappearing suspected Fascist and Communist agents into facilities in Canada. The U.S. allowed the British to kidnap suspected Fascist and Communist who were legal U.S. residents and take them to a secret facility in Ottawa. After WWII, a similar system was instituted by the U.S. to deal with suspected agents of Stalin and his successors. These detentions were always carried out overseas. The Clinton administration was faced with increasing numbers in addition to non-state actors which really hadn't been a consideration before. Previously, communist could simply be held until they became irrelevant. There was no concern that Soviet agents would blow up a market place or city bus. Terrorist poised a much different problem and still do. From my reading, covert detentions have been running mostly non-stop since WWII. The British began the practice early in WWII disappearing suspected Fascist and Communist agents into facilities in Canada. The U.S. allowed the British to kidnap suspected Fascist and Communist who were legal U.S. residents and take them to a secret facility in Ottawa. After WWII, a similar system was instituted by the U.S. to deal with suspected agents of Stalin and his successors. These detentions were always carried out overseas.

The Clinton administration was faced with increasing numbers in addition to non-state actors which really hadn’t been a consideration before. Previously, communist could simply be held until they became irrelevant. There was no concern that Soviet agents would blow up a market place or city bus. Terrorist poised a much different problem and still do.

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