extraordinary rendition: is that like a sacrament in the catholic church?

sounds like it doesn't it? but NOPE it isn't

we all know EVERYONE has spies. we all know this goes on (we've all been to the movies, no?). but 1,000 flights???? how many of those kidnapped were really terrorists and how many simply were on the wrong side of a set of beliefs? makes one wonder

1,000 secret CIA flights revealed · MEPs' report says member states knew of abductions· Documents show 'strange routes' and stopovers

Richard Norton-Taylor Thursday April 27, 2006 The Guardian
The CIA has operated more than 1,000 secret flights over EU territory in the past five years, some to transfer terror suspects in a practice known as "extraordinary rendition", an investigation by the European parliament said yesterday.
The figure is significantly higher than previously thought. EU parliamentarians who conducted the investigation concluded that incidents when terror suspects were handed over to US agents did not appear to be isolated. They said the suspects were often transported around Europe on the same planes by agents whose names repeatedly came up in their investigation.

They accused the CIA of kidnapping terror suspects and said those responsible for monitoring air safety regulations revealed unusual flight paths to and from European airports. The report's author, Italian MEP Claudio Fava, suggested some EU governments knew about the flights........