'Torture' is such a harsh term, let's use the word 'Rendition' instead

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4501948.stm

yeah, we'll just switch words and that'll settle that, thanks condi, i've changed my mind about torturing prisoners of war now, thanks to your switching the words around. rendition doesn't sound nearly as bad.-------------

Speaking before she left the US, Ms Rice admitted that terror suspects were flown abroad for interrogation but denied they were tortured.

She said suspects were moved by plane under a process known as rendition, and that this was "a lawful weapon".

Germany is one of the countries reported as a landing spot

She refused to address claims that the CIA had set up secret prisons abroad where suspects are interrogated without reference to international law.