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People are paying $200 a month to not just ChatGPT, but all major LLMs have similar Pro pricing! I bet they, like the normal user of free ChatGPT, stay in LLM's default mode where the flaw manifests itself. As it did in this evaluation.

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Rendition and torture as usual through Shannon

category international | anti-war / imperialism | news report author Wednesday May 28, 2008 17:06author by paul o tooleauthor email pauljotoole at eircom dot net Report this post to the editors

Amnesty Report-Rendition Uninterrupted.

The horrific inhuman treatment of individuals kidnapped from all parts of the world and transported to Guantanamo for torture, and using Shannon Airport to facilitate this is becomming part of acceptable behaviour by our government it would seem.
The continnued use of this once civilian airport to transport holidaymakers business travelers and all other civilian activity is now acceptable alongside the kidnapping, rendition and torture of human beings as young as 9 years of age.
The true face of the Ireland of tomorrow is visible now in this most disturbing episode in our history. The acceptance of our government to allow the US to continnue this unspeakable treatment of human beings unmolested is an indictment of the cowardice and leaderless Fianna Fail and Green government we now have.

Irene Kahn, General Secretary of Amnesty International described the 'assurances' given by the US that .....'Irish Airports are not being used for Rendition, are not worth the paper they are written on'.......

She went on to accuse countries like Ireland for ...'failing to put in place adequate safeguards against Rendition'.

And that despite...'repeated calls by the Council Of Europe, no government (Irl) has yet put in place adequate measures to prevent their territoriy being used bt the US for the secret transfer of detainees for detention'.

It would appear that our own government are only to willing to stand by and allow the kidnap and torture of innocent people. This ammounts in some views to support. Either way, the great shame brought on Ireland by the current regime is set to continnue which is a deplorable situation to be in considering the past we all hold dear when we were appalled at the treatment of the Irish by the British which included torture and rendition (transportation).
We would have once described this behaviour as barbaric.....have we now become the barbarians we once abhored the very sight of? Im afraid so.

author by anonpublication date Wed May 28, 2008 17:31author address author phone Report this post to the editors

http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0528/rendition.html
Amnesty International says that despite repeated calls by the Council of Europe, no government has yet put in place adequate measures to prevent their territory being used by the US for the secret transfer of detainees to detention, which is known as rendition.

The Government says it accepts US assurances that Ireland is not being used for rendition.

Renditions

In February, a European Parliament resolution urged the Irish government to establish a parliamentary inquiry into the use of Irish territory by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operated aircraft linked with the practice of extraordinary rendition (illegal transfer of people between states outside of any judicial process).

In December, the Irish Human Rights Commission published a review of Ireland’s international obligations regarding extraordinary renditions. It concluded that Ireland was “not complying with its human rights obligations to prevent torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment”.

It recommended that the authorities should “put in place a reliable and independently verifiable system of inspection [of relevant aircraft]”.

author by karen fallonpublication date Fri May 30, 2008 14:02author address author phone Report this post to the editors

I have been folowing the growing tension and propeganda regarding Bush and his murderous conspiraters against Iran.
It seems that the U.S. is planning to attack Iran formally in August 2008.
This would obviosly mean that the numbers of rendition and logistic aircraft using Shannon will increase.
Not only is that disgusting, it is shamefull and horrifying that it is still allowed to happen.

you have been warned, now all you have to do is STOP it from happening.

 
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