The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. December 13, 2010 German Court Rejects Lawsuit by Rendition Victim ------------------------------------------------ A German court has rejected a lawsuit filed by rendition victim Khaled El-Masri. El-Masri was seeking to force the government to prosecute operatives he says worked for the Central Intelligence Agency and illegally detained him for five months in 2003. .