Department of Justice on CIA torture report: no ‘rendition’ flights used Shannon

The Department of Justice has said Ireland has no case to answer arising out of the report published this week into Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) torture, as there is no evidence ‘extraordinary rendition’ flights ever passed through here.

The report, published on Tuesday, highlights abuse and torture carried out by CIA operatives at various locations around the world.

Shannon has often been cited as a location through which rendition flights were alleged to have travelled, but the Department of Justice said that was not the case.