they must be getting sloppy, or overexcited
Germany issued warrants for the arrest of CIA operatives. seems like all of Europe is getting on the terrorist bus these days.
apparently, the good ol’ boys from the farm kidnapped a Lebanese-born Kraut while he was on vacation in the Balkans – vacation in the Balkans – and smuggled his freedom-hating ass to Afghanistan. they interroagated him for about six months, got nothing, and dumped him back in Albania. talk about a bad first date.
the last two paragraphs of the story fucking rule:
In December 2005, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice acknowledged in a meeting in Berlin that Masri had been “erroneously taken.” But Rice and other U.S. officials have denied any fault or responsibility in the case.
Masri filed suit against the U.S. government in federal court in Alexandria, (home, sweet home) Va., in December 2005, but his complaint was dismissed last May on grounds that it could divulge CIA secrets and damage U.S. national security operations. Masri appealed the decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in November.
it’s amazing to me that the rest of the world sees the United States as pompous and arrogant. fuck, why would they? “yeah, we kidnapped one of your citizens. but if he hadn’t looked so shifty, maybe this wouldn’t have happened. next time, tell him to leave his turban at home. go cry to someone else, we beat your ass in dubya-dubya two.”
and then, after you file a suit in American court to bring the bullshit the US government served you to the attention of the public, it tells you to fuck off; it’ll get in in the way of the ambiguous implementation of other creepy anti-terrorism laws. so yeah, sorry, Khaled. go tell it to Der Spiegel. maybe they’ll pay attention to your whining.
