On AlterNet: kidnapping

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "kidnapping"

Who's Been Held Accountable for the Crimes of Bush's "War on Terror"? Four Italians ... Sort of

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. November 5, 2009.

Certainly not those who ran our shadowy network of secret prisons, nor their superiors who created it.

23 CIA Agents Convicted in Italy for Kidnapping Egyptian Cleric

Gina Doggett, Agence France Presse. November 4, 2009.

The CIA's Milan station chief at the time, Robert Seldon Lady, was sentenced to eight years in prison and othersto five years, all in their absence in the landmark trial.

Enraged About Corporate Greed? Kidnap Your Boss

Christopher Ketcham, AlterNet. April 30, 2009.

The French have taken to bossnapping -- "sequestering" their bosses while keeping them comfortable and safe -- to protest economic unfairness.

US Claims It Has the Right to Kidnap British Citizens

GottaLaff, Brave New Films. December 3, 2007.

GottaLaff: Why should there be boundaries? This is America, after all! Land of the free! As long as you're not the kidnapee, that is.

Black Woman Kidnapped, Tortured and Raped for Days by Racists in West Virginia

David Neiwert, September 12, 2007.

David Neiwert: One of her white captors told her, "That's what we do to niggers around here," as they beat her repeatedly.