The testimony of Leon Panetta, if it reflects a considered view held by the Obama administration, outlaws "extraordinary rendition" and torture; but allows ordinary rendition and temporary (mesne) detention.

As reported by the Washington Times.

Panetta backs rendition, but not torture
Eli Lake (Contact)
Friday, February 6, 2009
Leon Panetta, the Obama administration's nominee to head the CIA, said Thursday that the administration would return to Clinton-era practices that sent terrorist suspects to foreign countries for prosecution.

Mr. Panetta said that under the new executive orders President Obama issued on the second day of his presidency, "extraordinary rendition" -- the practice of sending prisoners to foreign dungeons for enhanced interrogation or torture -- would not be allowed. But the nominee told the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that returning an individual to a country for trial would be appropriate.

"In renditions where we returned an individual to the jurisdiction of another country, and they exercised their rights to try that individual and to prosecute him under their laws, I think that is an appropriate use of rendition," he said.
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Mr. Panetta also asserted the CIA's right to hold suspects on a temporary basis, a practice that he said was allowed under the executive orders signed by Mr. Obama on Jan. 22.

"Without going into the exact location, if we captured Osama bin Laden, we would find a place to hold him temporarily," he said. "We would debrief him and then we would incarcerate him, probably in a military prison."
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