Sadly I don't think I can say that it's definitely not true, but this is mostly speculation. UAE could have easily just gotten a memo from the FBI about a terrorism suspect and they decided on their lonesome to torture him.
There are only 500 U.S. citizens on the no fly list, it doesn't appear like it is being used a weapon of coercion on a wide scale.
The US has to share that sort of terrorism suspect list in order to get other countries lists and to make connections.
That said, I'm not sure how the fuck the No-Fly list has survived so long. It is boldly unconstitutional.
> Sadly I don't think I can say that it's definitely not true, but this is mostly speculation. UAE could have easily just gotten a memo from the FBI about a terrorism suspect and they decided on their lonesome to torture him.
True. It's perfectly plausible the FBI would outsource their dirty work in a deniable manner, but equally plausible the UAE would be highly motivated to take extreme measures in interrogating someone circumstantially linked to terrorism entirely of their own accord. Arguably the interrogator volunteering the US and UAE are definitely working together is better evidence for the latter than the former.
Either way the beatings actually add to the suspicion that the approach - joined up or otherwise - was governed more by a "just because we don't have any evidence of your guilt doesn't mean we believe you're innocent" attitude than "we really badly want you to work for us"
>"There are only 500 U.S. citizens on the no fly list, it doesn't appear like it is being used a weapon of coercion on a wide scale."
Well, we can only speculate as to the extent that this list is being used to "intimidate" individuals. Just because there are only 500 on the list, does not mean it hasn't be threatened upon countless other individuals.
It doesn't even have to be directed at you for you to be scared of it. Heck, I'm even scared that some day some random asshole with the same name as me will do something stupid and get himself on that damn list; and I haven't even done anything wrong. I think you'll find a few news articles online about people being harassed because their name hits against the list.
I guess that brings me to the third point. There are 500 unique names on that list, as I'm under the impression that all that list has is name+surname. Unless they include other details, odds are there are many more than 500 individuals that those names match against.
There are only 500 U.S. citizens on the no fly list, it doesn't appear like it is being used a weapon of coercion on a wide scale.
The US has to share that sort of terrorism suspect list in order to get other countries lists and to make connections.
That said, I'm not sure how the fuck the No-Fly list has survived so long. It is boldly unconstitutional.