[lbo-talk] US lawmakers apologize in torture case

[Jordan Hayes]

[ Administrivia: Comcast mistakenly blacklisted the lbo-talk server 
yesterday and bounced mail to all you who use Comcast as your email 
provider ... sorry for the interruption, and I didn't get an apology 
from them, either --JMH ]

[ Note that this isn't an offical apology, it's just some folks in that 
other, sometimes-forgotten, branch saying they are personally sorry 
... --JMH ]

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WASHINGTON - Lawmakers apologized Thursday to a Canadian engineer for 
his seizure by U.S. officials who took him to Syria where the man says 
he was tortured in what he called an "immoral" American anti-terror 
program called extraordinary rendition.
Maher Arar, 37, appeared before a joint hearing of House subcommittees 
by video, because he is still on a U.S. government watch list.

"Let me personally give you what our government has not: an apology," 
said Rep. Bill Delahunt, D-Mass., as he opened the hearing. "Let me 
apologize to you and the Canadian people for our government's role in a 
mistake."

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/torture_rendition