Germany has ordered the arrest of 13 suspected CIA agents over the alleged kidnapping of one of its citizens.
Munich prosecutors confirmed that the warrants were linked to the case of Khaled al-Masri, a German national of Lebanese descent.
Mr Masri says he was seized in Macedonia, flown to a secret prison in Afghanistan and mistreated there.
He says he was released in Albania five months later when the Americans realised they had the wrong man.
This and the case of Canadian Maher Arar are examples of the evil the Bush administration is doing in our name. The election last November was a good start, but we need to continuously clarify to the White House that we do not want this. We do not want extraordinary rendition done in our name. We do not want torture done for our "protection." We do not want our good name and honor brought down anymore by the evil practices and crimes of the Bush administrations.
Thankfully, Germany is taking steps to prosecute one of these crimes. We need to do likewise in our own country.
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