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Friday, January 19th, 2018

CIA rendition flights from rustic North Carolina called to account by citizens

Author:     Lary Siems
Source:     The Guardian (U.K.)
Publication Date:     Wed 17 Jan 2018 06.00 EST
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Johnston Regional Airport near Raleigh, North Carolina
Credit: The Guardian

RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA — A Gulfstream jet from a quiet airport south-east of Raleigh flew captives to be tortured around the world. The government failed to act but local people have refused to let the issue die

A year after he was released from captivity in Guantánamo, Binyam Mohamed received a letter from Christina Cowger, an agricultural researcher from North Carolina. Enclosed was a petition of apology signed by nearly 800 visitors to the North Carolina State Fair.

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed.
 Binyam Mohamed. Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters

It was “a small gesture”, Cowger acknowledged, but her 2010 letter came with a commitment. North Carolina Stop Torture Now, an organization she co-founded, had been conducting protests, petition drives and legislative campaigns seeking an official investigation into an obscure firm operating flights out of her local airport.

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1 Comment

  1. samcrespi on Friday, January 19, 2018 at 7:59 am

    My heart breaks for North Carolina, and at the same time, I’m cheering. The state and its people are struggling, pushing for change and as they take one step forward, another step back ensues, i.e. yesterday’s Supreme Court delay on gerrymandering.