Measuring extraordinary rendition and international cooperation: A response to Blakeley and Raphael

Rebecca Cordell

International Area Studies Review, 2018, vol. 21, issue 2, 179-187

Abstract: In my article, “Measuring extraordinary rendition and international cooperation†I present a model that can be used to measure extraordinary rendition and identify international cooperation in the Central Intelligence Agency’s Rendition, Detention and Interrogation program using public flight data and information on rendition flight characteristics. My analysis identifies 307 new likely rendition flights and 15 previously unidentified countries potentially involved. In response, Blakeley and Raphael argue that these results do not move beyond what they have already published, and also challenge the claim that these flights are “likely rendition flights†as they have not been triangulated by further evidence. However, it seems inconsistent to claim both that: (a) the findings are not new; and (b) the findings are wrong. I respond to their concerns by providing a detailed evaluation of my results in relation to their own findings. I demonstrate that there are important differences between the results in Blakeley and Raphael’s previous work and my own. I reinforce my earlier claim that triangulating these new results with reliable qualitative evidence is a crucial step.

Keywords: Rendition; CIA; human rights; international cooperation; methods; research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1177/2233865918763295

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