Oh there's lots of confusion all right, KenV. Could you please answer BB's question, what do you do with a Guantanamo/wherever inmate after you've drained him of information, confessions, or none of the above? What do you do with him? You tell us that:-
These guys will almost surely never be brought within US legal jurisdiction and tried. Never.
So what are you going to do with them?
As to the "perpetrators":-
Who's going to enforce the local laws and/or international laws that apply here?
Well obviously not the US legal system, for what it's worth. Has it ever occurred though that what is good for the Goose is good for the Gander? If rendition to foreign climes is OK for those suspected of outrages against the US, is it not also OK for those who were complicit in the torture of those suspects? There are UK Nationals held at Guantanamo without trial, for years now. What are you going to do with them? The US has lost dearly in its declared War on Terror. The UK has lost dearly in being complicit in it, but is now counting the cost and reviewing its position:-
http://blogs.channel4.com/alex-thoms...idnapping/8709
Not a moment too soon in my view.