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black site
[ blak sahyt ]
noun
- a location that is never publicly acknowledged as existing, where secret military and defense operations, including the detention and interrogation of suspected terrorists, are conducted out of reach of the law and normal systems of oversight:
Thailand was likely the first country to host a CIA black site, where suspected 9/11 terrorists were detained.
black site
noun
- a secret facility used by a country's military as a prison and interrogation centre, whose existence is denied by the government
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of black site1
Example Sentences
Donald Trump has his very own āblack siteā now.
The black site in this case was the notorious Salt Pit in Afghanistan.
In a matter of days, Justice Department lawyers and administration officials have burned through basic legal duties in defense of a hideously unlawful scheme that seeks to permanently render innocent people to a black site.
He accused the probation department of running a āblack siteā at Los Padrinos and demanded officials communicate more clearly with overdose victims families and their attorneys.
Most recently, the admin authorized deportations without due process to an ostensible prison and actual black site in El Salvador.
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