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Re: Obama shuts Gitmo but expands renditions
If they are moving them just to shuffle them around it should be illegal. If they are moving them to the area where they committed crimes to be tried then it should be legal. If you can move for a reason other than trial then you could just move again. And again. And again. And maybe other countries have different ties other than us that would be unfriendly for the individual.
Ok. This is legal:
The U.S. transfers a Gitmo detainee to Britain.
This is illegal:
The U.S. transfers a Gitmo detainee to Syria, where there are reasonable grounds to believe he might be tortured.
That was easy.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think that extraordinary (non-judicial) rendition is illegal. Driving your car to the store is non-judicial and yet perfectly legal. Non-judicial just means there is no law or court order that says it must be done (as the case with extradition).
If they are moving them just to shuffle them around it should be illegal. If they are moving them to the area where they committed crimes to be tried then it should be legal. If you can move for a reason other than trial then you could just move again. And again. And again. And maybe other countries have different ties other than us that would be unfriendly for the individual.