Kidnapping people to take them to justice

Saw this via Andrew Sullivan. Apparently the two journalists imprisoned in North Korea were kidnapped by NK security officials from inside China. The blogger suggests that this kind of activity is reprehensible and should be condemned. They also suggest it's a direct consequence of US policy endorsing "extraordinary rendition".

I don't want to go to a North Korean prison any more than the next guy. But it does sound almost exactly like what the Mossad did to Adolf Eichmann in the 1950s. And if I remember correctly, in the 1950s is before the US started doing extraordinary renditions.

Those of us who criticize have an extra duty to be accurate and fair. Not everything is linked to recent US government policies. Ceci n'est pas toujours, n'est presque jamais, une pipe. And when a broken clock is right twice a day, sometimes it's just a coincidence.

[Yes, the story of a kid recovering from a lawnmower accident makes it almost impossible to post my usual snark. Had to find something serious to say.]