re: #131 turn

overseas renditions of terrorists

LH’s 98 above said black sites were being closed

“… if there is any reason to believe the third country would torture them.”

Some will stay open. Obama’s (State) Secrets

Though Obama’s made several clear steps toward change from the previous administration — here we pause to cite elements from the now-familiar litany: closed Guantanamo and the black sites, ended the use of torture in interrogations, made public several eye-opening post-9/11 Bush Justice Department memoranda — there has also been confusion on some issues, like rendition, and in court cases Obama lawyers have increasingly invoked Bush-era arguments, or worse.