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Extraordinary Rendition
by
Paul Batista
When Ali Hussein, suspected terrorist and alleged banker for Al Qaeda, is finally transported from Guantanamo Bay to the US mainland to stand trial, many are stunned when Byron Carlos Johnson, a pre-eminent lawyer and son of a high-profile diplomat, volunteers to represent him. On principle, Johnson thought he was merely defending a man unjustly captured through rendition...more
Paperback, 380 pages
Published
May 1st 2013
by Astor + Blue Editions LLC
(first published July 31st 2012)
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Byron Johnson is partner in a Wall Street law firm who, at the apex of his career, volunteers to take on the case of Ali Hussein. Ali is a Syrian national who lived and worked in the US for ten years as an accountant prior to being arrested in Europe over 9 years earlier. Byron learns that Hussein has finally been brought back to the US for trial after being kept, without charge, in solitary confinement at various places around the world and has been tortured and beaten during those nine years....more
Extraordinary Rendition is a mystery thriller about a corporate lawyer suddenly caught up in the world of assumed terrorism and government conspiracy’s.
Bryon Carlos Johnson who is a savvy $950/an hour senior attorney at a top prestigious law firm in the US has taken on a pro-bono case by one of his firms former clients. This case involves one Ali Hussein, an American born Muslim who is “suspected” of terrorist activities against the US. As Bryon tries to find out what is going on with his client...more
Bryon Carlos Johnson who is a savvy $950/an hour senior attorney at a top prestigious law firm in the US has taken on a pro-bono case by one of his firms former clients. This case involves one Ali Hussein, an American born Muslim who is “suspected” of terrorist activities against the US. As Bryon tries to find out what is going on with his client...more
Ali Hussein immigrated from Syria to the United States looking for a better life. He became an accountant and started a family. Then on a trip to Germany he was captured by the US Government, suspected of being a money handler for Al Qaeda. He was held for over 9 years without charges being filed. In that time he was tortured and questioned endlessly.
When he was brought to trial, Byron Johnson volunteers to represent him. This is just the beginning of troubles that Byron never imagined. The Pros...more
When he was brought to trial, Byron Johnson volunteers to represent him. This is just the beginning of troubles that Byron never imagined. The Pros...more
Not a genre I usually read, but I liked it! Entertaining, exciting, interesting. Nice storytelling and not too bloody. Good entertainment.
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