An Extraordinary Rendition
An Extraordinary Rendition
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非凡的演绎
DOI：
10.1080/02684527.2010.489277
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发表时间：
2010
影响因子：
1.2
通讯作者：
S. Weissman
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作者：
S. Weissman
尽管美国参议院教会委员会在1975年做出了负面的调查结果，但关于1961年暗杀刚果领导人帕特里斯·卢蒙巴的中情局责任的争议仍在继续。对解密的和其他教会委员会、中央情报局和国务院文件、美国和比利时秘密行动者的回忆录以及作者对前行政分支和教会委员会官员的采访进行的一项新的分析表明，中央情报局刚果站站长是刚果政府决定将卢蒙巴“交给”他的死敌的一个有影响力的参与者。此外，有证据强烈表明，情报站站长事先没有向华盛顿的决策者透露卢蒙巴被转移的消息，因为华盛顿的决策者可能会阻止此事。教会委员会裁决中的缺陷可以追溯到中央情报局在提供关键电报方面的拖延，工作人员过度依赖律师的方法，以及政治压力淡化了最初的结论草案。卢蒙巴案中发生的事情为当代美国反恐项目中建立问责制的问题提供了深刻的见解。目前的引渡政策还具有以下特点：对地面秘密行动人员的绩效标准模糊不清，以及难以在中央情报局与外国政府客户之间的亲密关系中确定美国的责任。教会委员会的经验阐明了今天对反恐行动进行有意义的外部监管的条件。
Abstract Controversy over alleged CIA responsibility for the 1961 assassination of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba continues to swirl despite a negative finding by the US Senate Church Committee in 1975. A new analysis of declassified and other Church Committee, CIA and State Department documents, memoirs of US and Belgian covert operators, and author interviews with former executive branch and Church Committee officials shows that the CIA Congo Station Chief was an influential participant in the Congo Government's decision to ‘render’ Lumumba to his bitter enemies. Moreover evidence strongly suggests the Station Chief withheld his advance knowledge of Lumumba's fatal transfer from Washington policymakers, who might have blocked it. Flaws in the Church Committee's verdict are traced to CIA delays in providing key cables, staff overreliance on lawyers' methodology, and political pressure to water down original draft conclusions. What happened in Lumumba's case provides insight into the contemporary problem of establishing accountability in US anti-terrorist programs. Current rendition policies are also characterized by ambiguous performance standards for covert operators on the ground and difficulty in pinpointing US responsibility within the intimate relationship between the CIA and foreign government clients. The Church Committee's experience clarifies the conditions for meaningful outside regulation of anti-terrorism operations today.