rendition. The section of the Executive Order relating to extraordinary rendition provides as follows: On 2 November 2009 the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that victims of extraordinary rendition cannot sue Washington for torture suffered overseas, because Congress has not authorized such lawsuits, in ruling on Canadian citizen Maher Arar's case. On 15 September 2010 PolitiFact.com wrote about the Obama administration's record on renditions: The administration has announced new procedural safeguards concerning individuals who are sent to foreign countries. President Obama also promised to shut down the CIA-run "black sites," and there seems to be anecdotal evidence that extreme renditions are not happening, at least not as much as they did during the Bush administration. Still, human rights groups say that these safeguards are inadequate and that the DOJ Task Force recommendations still allow the U.S. to send individuals to foreign countries. Other countries CIA participating countries According to a report by the Open Society Foundations, 54 countries participated at one point or another with the CIA's extraordinary rendition program: Afghanistan Albania Algeria Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bosnia-Herzegovina Canada Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Egypt Ethiopia Finland Gambia Georgia Germany Greece Hong Kong Iceland Indonesia Iran Ireland Italy Jordan Kenya Libya Lithuania Macedonia Malawi Malaysia Mauritania Morocco Pakistan Poland Portugal Romania Saudi Arabia Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Syria Thailand Turkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uzbekistan Yemen Zimbabwe Bibliography Grey, Stephen (2006). Ghost Plane: The True Story of the CIA Torture Program. New York City: St. Martin's Press. . Thompson, A. C., and Trevor Paglen (2006). Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA's Rendition Flights. Hoboken, New Jersey: Melville House. . Paglen, Trevor (2010) Blank Spots on the Map: The Dark Geography of the Pentagon's Secret World. New York: Duton. Notes External links therenditionproject.org.uk American phraseology Counterterrorism in the United States Central Intelligence Agency Central Intelligence Agency operations Emergency laws Extradition George W. Bush administration controversies Human rights abuses International law Kidnapping Torture Euphemisms