> Disappearing people is not something the US government is allowed to do. How do you mean? Is it that legally it's not allowed to, so it's obviously not what

> Disappearing people is not something the US government is allowed to do. How do you mean? Is it that legally it's not allowed to, so it's obviously not what happened here -- it must be someone else or some other government or entity that "disappeared" him. Or, legally it's not allowed to, but they clearly did it and we should be alarmed? In the past US government quite happily droned civilians, experimented on its own citizens, planned coup and coup in all kind of countries, engaged in torture and extra judicial detainment of people in Guantanamo for years.