International Law For Thee But Not For Me
Dec 5th, 2005 at 8:47 am by Susie
Not that anyone cares, of course:
The British government is guilty of breaking international law if it allowed secret CIA “rendition” flights of terror suspects to land at UK airports, according to a report by American legal scholars.
Merely giving permission for the flights to refuel while en route to the Middle East to collect a prisoner would constitute a breach of the law, according to the opinion commissioned by an all-party group of MPs, which meets in parliament for the first time today.
And, in contrast, we have Condi Rice saying (as reported in the WaPo:
“Rice broadly defended the practice known as rendition, in which terror suspects are whisked away from countries without formal extradition. She said rendition was recognized by international law and has been used by many countries even before the attacks of September 11, 2001.”
It would be nice to know whether her statement is true or (as I suspect) false.
True or false?
Here’s the test: If you can see the gap between Condi’s front teeth, it means her lips are moving. If her lips are moving, it’s false.