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torture taxi

torture taxi
 n.— «Trevor Paglen is a doctoral candidate at University of California, Berkeley and the author of the book about the so-called torture taxis, or what the CIA calls rendition planes.» —“Exclusive: ‘Torture Taxis’ Make Regular Stops in Las Vegas” by George Knapp LasVegasNow.com (Nevada) Nov. 10, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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