In some cases, it was the agencys own failure to recognize Arabic letters and surnames that led to a persons illegal detention and torture. In practice, the report says, many prisoners were seized by C.I.A. rendition teams or turned over by friendly foreign intelligence agencies based on thin evidence. In some cases, the complications of Arabic names caused further confusion: Mr. Bashmilah, for instance, is identified in the Senate report as “Mohammad al-Shomaila,” a variation of his name with a different transliteration and without the “Ba” prefix common in Yemeni names.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 04:53:43 +0000
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