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Group: Third EU Nation May Have CIA Prisons | ||||
2006-01-05 | ||||
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - A U.S.-based human rights group said Wednesday it suspects the CIA had a secret prison in a third European country and it plans to investigate. Human Rights Watch did not identify the third country but said it was one of the 25 members of the European Union. Previously, the group identified Poland and Romania as sites of possible secret detention centers run by the United States. "We do have one other individual allegation of a country, a country that is a member of the European Union," Lotte Leicht, director of the group's Brussels-based office, told the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights on Wednesday. "We are trying to conduct a surprise visit there."
Both countries have repeatedly denied any involvement and EU officials say nothing has been proven.
Leicht urged the European Parliament to pressure member governments to help obtain details from secret services on the alleged detention centers. "Getting information from those sources is almost impossible," she said.
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Posted by:Steve White |
#7 What two EU nations? Romania does not belong to the European Union... |
Posted by: Matt K. 2006-01-05 22:58 |
#6 "suspects... possible... one other individual allegation... refused to give more details, fearing it would compromise the investigation... allegations... circumstantial evidence... allegations..." Remember, folks. When a government goes after somebody working with the above criteria, Human Waste Watch is all over them for rights violations. When Human Waste Watch goes after a government with the above criteria, they are "seizing the moral high ground". |
Posted by: tu3031 2006-01-05 11:43 |
#5 Human Rights Watch is "investigating?" I'm quaking in my cowboy boots. All I can say bgrebel9 is: Oderint dum metuant |
Posted by: Secret Master 2006-01-05 11:23 |
#4 This is the leak case that should have been prosecuted to the max to set the example so the one we are dealing with now never would have had to happen. Either way these guys should be prosecuted to. Treason is Treason is Treason |
Posted by: C-Low 2006-01-05 10:19 |
#3 the New York-based human rights watchdog considered its source "very credible." Yeah, James Risen's book. |
Posted by: Thaique Glinesh1791 2006-01-05 02:17 |
#2 These type AP stories hurt American interests at home and abroad. Tese type stories sicken me. |
Posted by: bgrebel9 2006-01-05 01:44 |
#1 ' "Getting information from those sources is almost impossible," she said.' Probably about equal of her chances of gettting laid. |
Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2006-01-05 01:39 |