extraordinary rendition^#

Our henchmen in places like Syria, Egypt, Morocco, Uzbekistan and Jordan are torturing terror suspects at the behest of a nation - the United States - that just went through a national election in which the issue of moral values was supposed to have been decisive. How in the world did we become a country in which gays' getting married is considered an abomination, but torture is O.K.?

Torture, American Style -- Bob Herbert, The New york Times

Mon Feb 14 09:45:08 PST 2005