Torture Taxi

{{Short description|2006 nonfiction book by Thompson & Paglen}}{{Infobox book | name = Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA's Rendition Flights | image = File:Torture_Taxi.png | author = {{plainlist | * A. C. Thompson * Trevor Paglen }} | language = English | country = United States | genre = Non-fiction | publisher = Melville House | pub_date = 2006 | subject = Extraordinary rendition | isbn = 1-933633-09-3 }}

{{italic title}} '''''Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA's Rendition Flights''''' is a 2006 book by A. C. Thompson and Trevor Paglen documenting the CIA's extraordinary rendition program.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/torturetaxi00trev |url-access=registration |quote=Torture Taxi. |title=Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA's Rendition Flights |year=2006 |publisher=Melville House Publishing |isbn=1-933633-09-3}}</ref>

The authors note the discovery of the program's means of transportation, rendition aircraft, by aviation enthusiasts, who spotted discrepancies in the flights of four aircraft, and correlations between their unusual flight patterns and the list of sites reputed to be the destination for ghost detainees.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.democracynow.org/2006/9/15/torture_taxi_on_the_trail_of |title= Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA's Rendition Flights |publisher= Democracy Now! }}</ref>

==See also== * Aero Contractors (US) reputedly provides air transport services for the Central Intelligence Agency * Air America former United States civilian airline operated by the Central Intelligence Agency during the Vietnam War * Extrajudicial detention * ''Ghost Plane: The True Story of the CIA Rendition and Torture Program'' – book by Stephen Grey * Jeppesen * Planespotting * ''Taxi to the Dark Side'' – documentary film * Tepper Aviation * Traffic analysis

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20061016122153/http://villagevoice.com/news/0642,torturetaxi,74732,2.html Excerpt from the book] *[https://paglen.studio Paglen's website]

Category:2006 non-fiction books Category:Aviation books