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...hidden prisons across the world - which has involved the aid of numerous foreign governments and the knowledge of key Western European allies, according to the book, which was shown to TIME by the author. After U.S. officials long refused to confirm the CIA's secret detention of terror suspects abroad, President Bush last month admitted that terror suspects had been transferred abroad to secret CIA facilities, but U.S. officials continue to deny that such prisoners have been tortured, saying that foreign governments assured them that they would be treated fairly...
...government publicly discussed this decades-old tool." Indeed, then-CIA Director William Webster told the Washington Post in 1989 that the Department of Justice had created the term "renditions" after the shootdown of the Pan Am jet over Lockerbie, Scotland. The process was aimed at capturing those responsible abroad and bringing them back to the United States. Later, his successor George Tenet told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 2000 that U.S. agents had, "working with foreign governments worldwide, helped to render more than two dozen terrorists to justice...
...Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) opened an office in Nafplion, Greece last month as part of an effort to expand the University’s international programs. The office, which was officially opened on Sept. 18, will serve to coordinate opportunities for undergraduate and graduate study abroad, faculty research, summer school, and other endeavors in Greece. “Greece is an ideal place for Harvard undergraduates to experience contemporary European culture and engage with the rich historical culture of Greece, in particular,” said Jennifer S. Reilly, assistant director of the CHS in Greece...
...seniors who spent last semester abroad braced themselves for the rigors of Harvard this fall, few expected they would find themselves juniors. In the past month, several seniors have found out that they were listed as juniors by the Registrar’s Office after returning from studying abroad for credit. Several students were excluded from senior class e-mail lists due to error, preventing them from voting in the Class Marshal elections and signing up for yearbook sittings. “I had intended to run for Class Marshal but kind of missed the vote,” Kathryn...
...intentional or otherwise, but the most troubling element is the frequency with which it occurs. This individual case is unlikely to change voter attitudes, but it shows convincingly how much a minor factual omission changes perspective. The U.S. electorate deserves better coverage; otherwise the true nature of American actions abroad will never be exposed and evil will continue to be dishonestly perpetrated in America’s name...