wonder if it includes assasinating Lebanon officials
Report says CIA powers broadened
March 6, 2005
The Bush administration secretly gave the CIA broad powers to transfer terrorism suspects to foreign countries for interrogation, The New York Times reports today. Under the policy, the agency does not require case-by-case approval from the White House or the State Department, the Times said, citing a directive signed by President Bush after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Human rights groups have said such transfers sidestep safeguards against torture.