he was captured and kidnapped in macedonia and transferred to afghanistan and abuse. the recent court decision by the european court of human rights found that, azeris treatment amounted to torture. i think john brennan has a lot of explaining to do as to exactly what he meant. >> brennan said in the clip that the government sought assurances from the other countries to which these individuals are rendered that human rights would be respected. the your report clearly indicates that near blanket assurances are insufficient to deal with the kind of abuse that occurred here. >> that is correct. maher arar was transferred after

then transferred to the cia in macedonia at the airport.the cia through him -- flew him and held him in secret detention for another four months. they did not allow him access to his family or attorney's critics they said he was subjected -- >> he was sodomized, subjected to a range of sexual humiliation and abuse, stripped naked. ultimately, after four months, was released without explanation, without apology and a roadside inn and albania. he was left to make his way home back to germany. khalidi masri has not received any apology or compensation from the u.s. government. >> early on, condoleezza rice understood this was a case of mistaken identity but continue to hold them because what would they do with him once he got out and told what happened to him? >> exactly. >> you raise a point in your l.a. times article, all of these people who were subjected to this kind of treatment, none has received any kind of compensation, the acknowledgement from the u.s. government, nor has the government sought to prosecute any of the officials that we

agents tortured an innocent german citizen named khalid el-masri, who was arrested in macedonia and then handed over to a c.i.a. rendition team, taken to afghanistan, where he was severely beaten, sodomized, dealt severe pain and suffering. it's the first time the european court has described c.i.a. treatment of its terror suspects. do you know about that? >> well, the el-masri case is a very interesting one. and not just because of the factual circumstances that you laid out, but also because of the legal journey. khalid el-masri also had cases here in the united states. and the u.s. courts actually refused to look into the merits of those claims, looking at things like the state secrets privilege or different types of immunities that would keep him as a torture victim from being vindicated in u.s. courts. so in fact what i think is the lesson here is not so much that the european courts could make those findings. it's that the european court did make those findings. >> you mean he couldn't have gotten a fair trial or the courts wouldn't at least give him a trial in this country? >> in

by what he saw, he called it a crime against humanity, and soon after a rapid reaction force in macedonia engineered the withdrawal of the osc e-verifiers. in early february the french convened a negotiation, hay wanted to do something -- they wanted to do something like the dayton accord. the difference, of course, at dayton there was not a cappuccino machine in site. they contracted a fancy company, and this turned into a little more of festivities for the serbian delegation than a serious negotiation. of course, mr. milosevic did not show up, so there was really no decider in the room. i think i was not on this floor, maybe it was on the 12th floor, but on the 23rd of march, i looked at my cell phone which was ringing, and it said richard holbrooke calling. and, you know, i thought to myself, you know, this is peculiar. he's in belgrade negotiating with milosevic. i picked up the phone, and it was jim o'brien who was madeleine albright's chief of staff. and jim told me we're on the tarmac in belgrade, the peace talks have broken down. we're going to start bombing tomorrow. well, you ca