Another day, another serving of crazy from Al Jazeera International. The cable news channel that has previously presented serial liar Robert Fisk as a credible source tonight served up Steven Watt of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on the Riz Khan Show.

Steven Watt is Senior Human Rights Advisor and ACLU Attorney on the El-Masri v. Tenet lawsuit, the suit through which the ACLU is challenging the process of extraordinary rendition flights by the US. You can see Watt in this YouTube video uploaded by the ACLU on the El-Masri case and read all about his case here at the ACLU.

Reading the background fact sheets the ACLU has put together makes one thing clear: Steven Watt and his colleagues do not like extraordinary rendition. How much they don't like it was made clear by Watt on the Riz Khan Show tonight. The show, described by Al Jazeera International as one which

...allows viewers from around the world to question world leaders, newsmakers and celebrities directly via phone, email, SMS, video-mail and fax

...took a call from a viewer who asked the question: what is the worse human rights violation - extraordinary rendition or terrorists beheadings? Watt fumbled for a moment - I imagine he was thinking "will anyone be watching Al Jazeera International in the US?" - before answering that

Both are equally dispicable.

Equally dispicable? That's right: according to Steven Watt and the ACLU extraordinary rendition is so horrible that it is equivalent to having your head sawn off as terrorists chant 'God is Great'.

Watt's 'victim' of extraordinary rendition is alive and seemingly well enough to file suit against the US government and take questions on the courthouse steps. The victims of muderous Islamic beheadings are not so lucky.

Something is very, very wrong in the ACLU when a high-profile representative cannot find anything to distinguish between cold blooded killing and extraordinary rendition.

Via:  DylanKissane.com