May 17, 2012 — -- Nearly a decade after a German man claimed he was abducted, spirited to Afghanistan and beaten in a secret CIA-run prison, lawyers for Khaled El-Masri appeared in a European ...

The lawsuit charged that former CIA Director George Tenet violated U.S. and universal human rights laws when he authorized agents to abduct Mr. El-Masri, beat him, drug him, and transport him to a ...

Never underestimate the price of being stuck with a notable name.My heart goes out to all the Adolfs and Osamas out there — people with what were once perfectly fine ...

In 2003, the Macedonian police arrested Khaled el-Masri, a German citizen vacationing in their country. They handed the unfortunate man over to the CIA, who shipped him off to one of their ...

Almost two decades ago, the CIA abducted and tortured Khaled el-Masri, a German citizen whom the intelligence service mistakenly believed to be a terrorist. He is still suffering from the ...

The IACHR deemed Mr. El-Masri's petition as admissible on April 15th, 2016 and in November of 2017, the ACLU filed a request for a hearing on the merits of the case during the 166th Extraordinary ...