Extraordinary rendition, U.S., George W. Bush Administration

While the United States has previously used extraordinary rendition, it has been most prevalent under the George W. Bush Administration.

Former United States President George W. Bush has asserted that the US Government does not send captives to countries where they will be tortured, which would be a violation of the refoulement doctrine of the Convention against Torture.

However, I can tell you two things: one, that we abide by the law of the United States; we do not torture. And two, we will try to do everything we can to protect us within the law. We're facing an enemy that would like to hit America again, and the American people expect us to, within our laws, do everything we can to protect them. And that's exactly what the United States is doing. We do not render to countries that torture. That has been our policy, and that policy will remain the same.

Khalid el-Masri

After Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, intervened, Condaleeza Rice, the Secretary of State, determined that el-Masri, a German citizen, had been detained by mistake.

One of the concerns in this case, involving a German citizen, was the Council of Europe of June 2006 had reported that el-Masri's account of having been abducted and mistreated was substantially accurate. .