We are all kidnappers now

[Photo is of Mr. el Masri and two of his children.

Credit:Joy Garnett]

And that is because we allow our government to do this – and then have judges who do not believe in justice. Mr. el Masri was kidnapped by our CIA agents, taken to Afghanistan, and then tortured by more CIA agents. About five months later, he was taken to Albania and dumped. No explanations, no apologies, no excuses for this barbaric behavior.

Justices Decline Torture Case

The Supreme Court today declined to hear the case of a German citizen who said he was kidnapped, imprisoned and tortured by the CIA. A federal district court judge and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit had earlier dismissed the case brought by Khaled el-Masri, agreeing with the government that the case could not go forward without exposing state secrets. The Supreme Court denied review without comment. Masri, who is of Lebanese descent, has said he was detained by Macedonian police on Dec. 31, 2003, and handed over to the CIA a few weeks later. He said he was taken to a secret CIA-run prison in Afghanistan and physically abused before he was flown back to the Balkans without explanation in May 2004 and dumped on a hillside in Albania. German officials said they were later informed privately by their U.S. counterparts that Masri was detained in a case of mistaken identity, apparently confused with a terrorism suspect of a similar name. U.S. officials have not publicly admitted any guilt or responsibility in the case.

……….Last month, German authorities dropped their efforts to extradite 13 CIA agents they claimed were involved in Masri's abduction. Masri in May was committed to a psychiatric institution after he was arrested in the southern German city of Neu-Ulm on suspicion of arson. His attorney blamed his troubles on the CIA, saying the kidnapping and detention had left Masri a "psychological wreck."

And it was Aero Contractors, who fly out of eastern North Carolina, who helped move him around. I can only assume that the pilots for Aero Contractors, like the CIA agents, have no morals or standards. Anything for a paycheck, I guess.

And who can blame them? When the rest of the country either looks the other way or ignores or stays ignorant of this reality, why shouldn’t they act like monsters and make a pile of MONEY? Of course, some idiots will claim that they are “keeping America safe” – as if kidnapping innocent people and torturing them would ever keep anyone safe. These same people might even claim that they are “Christians” – well, they give real Christians a bad name. But there are few real Christians here in the United States of Monsters. Rather, we have a bunch of dumb people who will allow any evil at all against foreigners and people with dark skins, as long as they are COMFORTABLE.

I AM SO ASHAMED OF WHAT THIS COUNTRY IS. And I realize that it has always been this way, but I also think that this is much more blatant, more obvious, and more extensive than it has ever been in my life. They are doing this type of stuff every day, and the vast majority of the population just does not give a shit. That’s why they can pass a bill up in Congress called the Military Commission Act that allows torture and strips “some” people of the rights of habeas corpus. And who may end up being tortured or kidnapped next – or declared an “enemy combatant” – could be anyone. Even you.