Even worse than I thought

In the US torture debate, we have all heard about "extraordinary rendition." A just-released EU report defines extraordinary rendition in these words: "An individual suspected of involvement in terrorism is illegally abducted, arrested and/or transferred into the custody of US officials and/or transported to another country for interrogation which, in the majority of cases involves incommunicado detention and torture".

The report - approved by the European parliament 382 to 256 with 74 abstentions - condemns the 14 states that went along with the CIA rendition flights. It says that the US made 1,200 (yes, that is one thousand two hundred) flights taking prisoners to countries where they could face torture.

And we wonder why so much of the world is disgusted with us.