Talk:Rumsfeld v. Padilla

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I believe that in this case, the court has already ruled that the jurisdiction in New York was not correct, and that Rumsfeld was the improper custodian. The case needed to be brought before the Eastern Virginia district under Commander Marr (ships commander where Padilla is being held). --24.130.189.156 03:21, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Rendition
"...the United States uses torture, euphemistically referred to as 'rendition.'"

As I understand, rendition is not a precise synonym for torture. Rather, it refers to the practice of "rendering" the target (e.g. enemy combatant) to a third-party nation, which may or may not torture him or her. This may seem to split hairs, but these are very delicate matters and precision is important. We should resist the temptation to reduce sensitive political issues to their most inflammatory terms. Charles.babbitt