Editing Geoff Hoon (section)

===Comments on Extraordinary Rendition===
Hoon was criticised by an international delegation of European MPs for evading questions about Britain's co-operation with the CIA's so-called 'extraordinary rendition' programme, even though he knew nothing about the programme.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/hoon-unhelpful-and-evasive-about-american-rendition-flights-say-meps-419046.html Hoon 'unhelpful and evasive' about American rendition flights, say MEPs], by Ben Russell. ''The Independent'', 7 October 2006.</ref> Hoon, then Minister for Europe, was being quizzed in the wake of [[Dick Marty]]'s Council of Europe [http://assembly.coe.int/CommitteeDocs/2006/20060606_Ejdoc162006PartII-FINAL.pdf report] which found extensive involvement of European countries, including Britain, in the US kidnapping and torture programme.