Condi to Europe: Trust Me

Secretary of State Condi Rice is off to Europe to neither confirm nor to deny that the US government in an operation known as rendition kidnaps people, often the wrong ones, and flies them to foreign countries to be tortured.

"Trust me" is her line. According to Reuters, "Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern said Rice told him in Washington she expected allies to trust that America does not allow rights abuses."

Who will trust this woman who, as President Bush's National Security Advisor, said that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction capable of producing a "mushroom cloud" over an American city?

Who will trust this woman who, as National Security Advisor, said Saddam Hussein sheltered al Qaeda terrorists in Baghdad and helped train some in chemical weapons development (CNN report, Sept. 26, 2002, 1:28 PM EDT)?

Who will trust this woman who won't answer a question but says "trust me"?

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