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extraordinary rendition  

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  • The term extraordinary rendition as used in the realm of American criminal justice relates to the practice of government agents, usually employed by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), seizing a person believed to have ties to terrorist activities and transporting him (it invariably has been a man) to another country where he will be tortured. The reason for the adjective “extraordinary” is not clear. [Source: Encyclopedia of Transnational Crime & Justice; Extraordinary Rendition]

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