Torture taxi : on the trail of the CIA's rendition flights /

In this first book to systematically investigate extraordinary rendition, an award-winning investigative journalist and a "military geographer" explore the CIA program in a series of journeys that takes them around the world. They travel to suburban Massachusetts to profile a CIA front com...

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Main Author:	Paglen, Trevor
Other Authors:	Thompson, A. C.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken, N.J. : Melville House, 2006.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Political prisoners > United States. Torture > United States. Intelligence service > United States. United States. > Central Intelligence Agency. War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 > Social aspects. War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 > Political aspects.

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Summary:	In this first book to systematically investigate extraordinary rendition, an award-winning investigative journalist and a "military geographer" explore the CIA program in a series of journeys that takes them around the world. They travel to suburban Massachusetts to profile a CIA front company that supplies the agency with airplanes; to Smithfield, North Carolina, to meet pilots who fly CIA aircraft; to the San Francisco suburbs to study with a "planespotter" who tracks the CIA's movements; and to Afghanistan, where the authors visit the notorious "Salt Pit" prison and meet released Afghan detainees.
Physical Description:	205 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-205).
ISBN:	1933633093 9781933633091