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OverviewA report on clandestine Central Intelligence Agency activities, including the maintenance of secret military bases with detention facilities, known as black sites, in Afghanistan and elsewhere.... We're so used to being fed politics as fantasy entertainment, by art and the media, that we end up never being sure when we're looking at the real thing... Full Product DetailsAuthor: Trevor Paglen , A C ThompsonPublisher: Melville House Publishing Imprint: Melville House Publishing Edition: annotated edition Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 19.40cm Weight: 0.367kg ISBN: 9781933633091ISBN 10: 1933633093 Pages: 205 Publication Date: 01 October 2006 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThe book shows just how far two guys without any high-placed government contacts can go in blowing open a story of global import. <br>-- The San Francisco Chronicle <br> What Paglen and Thompson offer here is a glimpse at the logistics of torture, and the public's role in the brutal business of the CIA.... the book excels at filling in blanks, painting a mysterious and frightening picture of our 'wartime' actions. <br>-- TIME OUT Chicago <br> The cool, almost dispassionate tone taken by Trevor Paglen and A.C. Thompson makes their book all the more disturbing.... Their conclusion is that the end of this story is not yet written. <br>-- The Washington Examiner <br> Torture Taxi describes something a lot like the creation of a CIA airline.... Paglen and Thompson do an admirable job of synthesizing it and decoding it... terrifically fascinating. <br>-- The Pittsburg Post Gazette <br> The first book documenting the US government practice of extraordinary rendition. <br>--Amy Goodman, Democracy Now Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |