The frequency with which the US government has chosen to employ the practice of transferring prisoners to countries that practice torture has fluctuated from one administration to the next . Before the September 11 attacks , renditions to countries that practice torture were sporadic and ad hoc . Afterwards , the Bush administration created a dedicated rendition bureaucracy and streamlined procedures which radically expanded abductions for torture by proxy , most commonly sending victims to be abused in Egypt , sometimes to Syria and Morocco . Despite protestations that it does not condone torture , recently the Obama administration has been accused of transferring prisoners to face brutal treatment in Afghanistan , Iraq , and Somalia
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Torture by proxy