Contravene：违反；抵触
10月24日的《华盛顿邮报》披露说，美国中央情报局（CIA）在过去的6个月中已经将十多名囚犯从伊拉克境内转移到了外国。一些专家指出，美国政府的这种行为违背了国际法。《华盛顿邮报》援引一位匿名情报官员的话说，中央情报局对国际红十字会和其他机构隐瞒了这些囚犯的存在。不过中情局的解释是，它这么做的依据是美国司法部的一份秘密备忘录。
新华社消息：The CIA has used a memo drafted by the Justice Department to secretly transport as many as a dozen detainees out of Iraq in the last six months, a practice that experts say contravenes the Geneva Convention, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
The CIA, which requested the confidential memo, has concealed the detainees from the International Committee of the Red Cross and other authorities, the Post quoted officials