The New Yorker has managed to distinguish itself over the past 5 years as one of the most important homes for investigative journalists. Thanks to them we know about Abu Gharaib and now we learn of a program known as "extraordinary rendition".
Extraordinary rendition would more properly be called outsourcing torture and thus explains the title of the article:
Outsourcing Torture
I am ashamed of my government for adopting the playbook of our "evil" enemies. This policy is not only morally bankrupt, but it is also ineffective on two different points:
1. When you torture someone they will tell you whatever it is they think you wish to hear, not necessarily "the truth".
2. Coersion is inadmissable in a US court of law and therefore we will never be able to prosecute the people we torture, which means Guantanamo will become an elderly hostile for terrorist suspects.
Our Constitution requires courage and we must reclaim our Constitutional pride before our enemies become indistinguishable from ourselves.
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