Its depiction of rendition is as uncomfortably ambivalent as Jessica Chastain's chilly lead performance.
The case was the first to scrutinize the American program of rendition, which has since ended.
Panetta told me, "The worst part of rendition was rendition to a black site.
The administration has closed secret overseas prisons but is keeping the practice of rendition in place.
Diplomacy on the issue of rendition should deal with anticipating and preventing abuses.
The hypothetical kidnapping of Bin Laden illustrates two problems with the absolutist rejection of rendition.
Bad as the policy of rendition was before September 11th, Coleman said, "afterward, it really went out of control".
The eight Libyans, members of two families now living in the country's capital, Tripoli, say they were victims of rendition.
Among these critics is Michael Scheuer, a former C.I.A. counter-terrorism expert who helped establish the practice of rendition.
There's also talk of "rendition," and the secret police repeatedly throw black hoods over people's heads, Abu Ghraib style.
Without proper rules of rendition, Hong Kongers abroad will have to remain wary of the shadow that falls across their beach towel.
