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Published on May 1, 2008
Yesterday, the Senate Intelligence Committee announced that it passed the 2009 Intelligence Authorization bill by a bipartisan vote of 10-5 and that the bill includes a provision requiring the Red Cross be made aware of, and given access to, anyone detained by any element of the Intelligence Community. Here’s some background on secret detentions that explains why this provision is important.
The CIA’s Secret Detention Program
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Secret Detention Violates Human Rights Law
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The Numbers
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The Program
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End Notes
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United Press International
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CBS News
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See, e.g.
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http://www.fas.org/irp/cia/product/dcia090707.html
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Off the Record: U.S. Responsibility for Enforced Disappearances in the ‘War on Terror
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Secret Detention in CIA Black Sites
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See generally
http://www.aclu.org/safefree/extraordinaryrendition/22201res20051206.html
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ABC News
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ABC News
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Alleged Secret Detentions and Unlawful Inter-State Transfers Involving Council of Europe Member States
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Ghost Prisoner: Two Years in Secret CIA Detention
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