[madza]

Lest we forget.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_rendition

This is not a massive break from the international status quo by a any means. The USA and all other nations have operated in a similar manner for a long time with equally gruesome outcomes.

If I recall the head of Interpol “disappeared” not long ago, and that little kerfuffle died away right quick.

Perhaps the reasons are more mundane.

1. The Saudis got caught out by the Turks with the evidence. Which has been used effectively. The Turks have a lot to gain by seeing the alliance between SA and the US weakened. 2. The senior leadership of SA can be more directly tied to this incident, as opposed to more common case where plausible deniability exists. Rookie mistake. 3. There exists internal opposition to the leadership in the US and SA that find it convenient to escalate the profile of this issue for their own purposes.

This will blow over and business as usual will resume shortly.

[JabavuAdams]

The whole point of extraordinary rendition is to remove the target to another country to give some legal cover and plausible (hah) deniability to the subsequent interrogation / torture / what have you.

Murdering someone in your embassy (although technically your own sovereign territory) is a new low.