@jaykuo It takes #ExtraordinaryRendition to a new level!

Meanwhile the main story on Cheney's death in the #Guardian by George Chidi waits until the 11th paragraph before mentioning his crimes, with only the terms 'condemnation'/'controversial' inserted into the headline/subheading hinting at a different story to the ten paragraphs of tributes the article begins with.

And even then, the article makes it sound like criticism was only from some his (US) political 'enemies' on the 'left' plus some disgruntled Trump supporters who resented Cheney's rejection of Trump in his final years, in both cases framing their criticisms of his war crimes as politically motivated (and thus implicitly suspect).

Altogether, there are ten positive quotes (364 words of direct quotes) sandwiched around four critical ones (145 words). The latter are interrupted to correct factual errors and framed as either 'lingering' resentments from decades-old political disagreements or as the (unreliable) opinions of a pair of far-right conspiracists and convicted liars.

The sum of Cheney's actual crimes are told thus: "Cheney’s role in the Iraq war, programs of torture and extraordinary rendition and the rightward tilt of Republican politics".

Shameful reporting.

https://web.archive.org/web/20251104224444/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/04/dick-cheney-death-legacy

#media #Cheney #WarCrimes #WarCriminal #IraqWar #torture #ExtraordinaryRendition

Dick Cheney remains divisive in death, drawing tributes and condemnation

Leaders from Bush to Barrasso paid tribute to the former vice-president, whose career drew praise and controversy

The Guardian

This is FUCKING INSANE. Sending even "convicted criminals" to a country not of their origin as prisoners *just because* it's a terrible place is NOT #deportation. It's #extraordinaryrendition and even if it's technically legal, it's ethically unacceptable regardless of what their "crimes" were. #immigration #resist

https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-5-21-2025

Live updates: US must keep control of migrants sent to South Sudan in case judge orders them back

A federal judge ruled late Tuesday that U.S. officials must retain custody and control of migrants apparently removed to South Sudan in case he orders their removals were unlawful.

AP News

#SCOTUS makes clear AGAIN that the #Trump admin cannot just throw people onto planes with little to no notice. Those subject to the #AlienEnemiesAct MUST be given time to contact a lawyer, file a #habeas lawsuit, & pursue the case. IOW #DueProcess.

Anything less is illegal.

#law #immigration #ExtraordinaryRendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower

#SCOTUS issues a direct rebuke to the #Trump admin's practice of ushering people onto planes: "Under these circumstances, notice roughly 24 hours before removal, devoid of information about how to exercise due process rights to contest that removal, surely does not pass muster."

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25944899-24a1007-order/

#law #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #ExtraordinaryRendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower

24A1007 Order

The #Trump admin earlier this year urged #Ukraine’s govt to accept an unspecified number of US deportees who are #citizens of other countries, acc/to documents reviewed by WaPo, an extraordinary request of a nation at #war & dependent on American #military & #financial support for its #survival.

#extortion #law #immigration #ExtraordinaryRendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #CivilRights #DueProcess #AbuseOfPower

Holy freaking hell

I mean…

#Trump team urged #Ukraine to take #US deportees amid war, documents show
The extraordinary request illustrates the admin’s aggressive bid to identify willing partners who will accept people expelled by the US.

#law #immigration #ExtraordinaryRendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #CivilRights #DueProcess #AbuseOfPower
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/06/trump-ukraine-deportees/

Trump team urged Ukraine to take U.S. deportees amid war, documents show

The extraordinary request illustrates the administration’s aggressive bid to identify willing partners who will accept people expelled by the U.S.

The Washington Post
@nedhamson1 Who would’ve guessed the Conservative plan was to swap out the profitable penitentiary system? Imagine an even more profitable international programme to rip off tax payers to create concentration camps, so oligarchs don’t feel threatened. #ExtraordinaryRendition #FascistExtraditionTreaties

Lawyers representing the father of the 2-yr-old #UScitizen who was deported, identified as V.M.L. in court documents, filed an emergency petition in the Western District of Louisiana on Thurs seeking her release. The child was put on a plane to #Honduras the next morning before the court opened.

#Trump #law #immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ExtraordinaryRendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower