These flights known as "renditions" caused an uproar after it was revealed that the CIA had conducted some 1,200 flights to secret prisons in Poland and Romania.
However, the Obama administration has said that it is reviewing the rendition policy to see if the practice can be accomplished without subjecting people to torture.
One administration official was quoted by the Los Angeles Times as saying: “The legal advisers working on this looked at rendition. It is controversial in some circles and kicked up a big storm in Europe. But if done within certain parameters, it is an acceptable practice.”
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