"Erroneous Renditions" - CIA Inspector General

WaPo A01-

The CIA inspector general is investigating a growing number of what it calls "erroneous renditions," according to several former and current intelligence officials.

One official said about three dozen names fall in that category; others believe it is fewer. The list includes several people whose identities were offered by al Qaeda figures during CIA interrogations, officials said. One turned out to be an innocent college professor who had given the al Qaeda member a bad grade, one official said.

"They picked up the wrong people, who had no information. In many, many cases there was only some vague association" with terrorism, one CIA officer said. .....

And there's a very interesting bit about the German/Masri rendition, including CIA/administration debates on what to do once they realized he was innocent(p.4). Named officials in this discussion, Tenet, Rice, and Armitage.

If you have concerns about the rendition and detention policies put in place by the Bush administration, this is a must read.

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