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Leon Panetta: “No, we will not, because, under the Executive Order issued by the President, that kind of extraordinary rendition, where…”

On the recordFebruary 4, 2009
No, we will not, because, under the Executive Order issued by the President, that kind of extraordinary rendition, where we send someone for the purposes of torture or for actions by another country that violate our human values, that has been forbidden by the Executive Order.
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Leon Panetta
Democratic · California

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Panetta confirms the CIA will not engage in extraordinary rendition practices.

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