• Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    9 days ago

    Extraordinary Rendition is the euphemism from the aughts from which the movie Rendition was titled. It means taking your detainee somewhere else, often across national borders, to a black site, usually to do things there for plausible deniability (e.g. we don’t torture in the United States )

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      9 days ago

      Looks like I missed that movie, I’ll have to check it out.

      And I don’t think I’ve ever heard the term “rendering” used in that context, I guess we just used other terminology. Thanks!