I Am Not a State Secret (CIA Kidnapping Victim from Germany)

LA Times ^ | March 3, 2007 | Khaled El-Masri

[kenn5]

I am not a state secret Having just lost in court, a CIA kidnap victim asks why the U.S. won't admit its error. By Khaled El-Masri, KHALED EL-MASRI, a German citizen born in Lebanon, was a car salesman before he was detained in December 2003. March 3, 2007

ON NEW YEAR'S EVE in 2003, I was seized at the border of Serbia and Macedonia by Macedonian police who mistakenly believed that I was traveling on a false German passport. I was detained incommunicado for more than three weeks. Then I was handed over to the American Central Intelligence Agency and was stripped, severely beaten, shackled, dressed in a diaper, injected with drugs, chained to the floor of a plane and flown to Afghanistan, where I was imprisoned in a foul dungeon for more than four months.

Long after the American government realized that I was an entirely innocent man, I was blindfolded, put back on a plane, flown to Europe and left on a hilltop in Albania — without any explanation or apology for the nightmare that I had endured.

[kenn5]

It is ashame that the US government does not even apologize for this kidnapping.

[metesky]

Nobody is innocent...

[Jeff Head]

What proof, other than this man's word, do we have that it was American and the CIA who did this?

[Gurn]

Uh, who cares? So a Muslim was inconvenienced for a while.

Every Muslim on the planet should be viewed as a potential terrorist until proved otherwise, IMO.

Sept. 11 will do that. Oh, well.

[CholeraJoe]

Then I was handed over to the American Central Intelligence Agency and was stripped, severely beaten, shackled, dressed in a diaper, injected with drugs, chained to the floor of a plane and flown to Afghanistan, where I was imprisoned in a foul dungeon for more than four months.

At least he didn't have to wear women's underpants on his head.

[353FMG]

Bingo!

[Jeff Head]

In December 2005, with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union, I sued former CIA Director George Tenet along with other CIA agents and contractors for their roles in my kidnapping, mistreatment and arbitrary detention. Above all, what I want from the lawsuit is a public acknowledgment from the U.S. government that I was innocent, a mistaken victim of its rendition program, and an apology for what I was forced to endure.

To my amazement and dismay, last May, a federal district court judge agreed with the government and threw out my case. And then Friday, the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that decision.

[Buck W.]

"...shackled, dressed in a diaper, injected with drugs, chained to the floor of a plane and flown to Afghanistan, where I was imprisoned in a foul dungeon for more than four months."

Sounds like a day in the life of a typical DUmmie.

[crosslink]

Yes, I am sure they wore their CIA shirts that told this guy who they worked for( baby food factory moment). Give me a break. I am not sure this happened but if it did he would not have know it was the CIA, trust me.

[ThomasThomas]

This sounds more like a alien abduction.

[tearlenb]

You'd think that if this really happened, he wouldn't go challenging the CIA again. If I was treated that way, I sure as heck wouldn't go blabbering about it, for fear they would just abduct me again.

[JerseyDvl]

It seems like the LA Slimes picked up a piece written by "The Onion".

[Stark_GOP]

"...shackled, dressed in a diaper, injected with drugs, chained to the floor of a plane and flown to Afghanistan, where I was imprisoned in a foul dungeon for more than four months."
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I wish I did that to my college roommate.

[crosslink]

"This sounds more like a alien abduction."

Yes, and John Murtha and Nancy P. are going to call for Hearings to find out Why the CIA is using the Aliens for these abductions and demand they stop.

[Scotsman will be Free]

He's a muslim. That means that he is a liar.

[skimask]

Maybe this guy needs to be abducted again. Only this time send him to Israel. Being German and Muslim, I'm sure they would love to talk to him.

[ishabibble]

Sorry, you are going to have to visualize the "Aw Jeez, Not This S@#$ Again" guy.

This story has been done at least one hundred times. Give it a rest, for God Sake! Also, it is a total lie, every time. He left the wife and infant babies to go find himself on the Iranian border. Please...Kaleed is a professional victim.
If you read through all this BS, you will find that this guy had been unemployed for ten yrs. Well, now he has a full-time job spreading this lie.

[kenn5]

Do you have a source?

[VaBthang4]

Brother please.

[VaBthang4]

2005-11-21

Dude is a Lib troll.