Rendition To Continue, But With Better Oversight, U.S. Says

From The New York Times:

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will continue the Bush administration’s practice of sending terrorism suspects to third countries for detention and interrogation, but pledges to closely monitor their treatment to ensure that they are not tortured, administration officials said Monday.

Human rights advocates condemned the decision, saying that continuing the practice, known as rendition, would still allow the transfer of prisoners to countries with a history of torture. They said that promises from other countries of humane treatment, called “diplomatic assurances,” were no protection against abuse.

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My Comment: The U.S. will continue renditions .... but with better supervision. Huh !?!?!?

This is going to make many of President Obama's more "left wing" supporters outraged.

My take .... plus ca change .... plus c'est le meme chose. Translated .... the more things change .... the more they stay the same.