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Europe
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."
"Right after our PR department gets the press release out!"
Leicht refused to give more details, fearing it would compromise the investigation. But she told The Associated Press the New York-based human rights watchdog considered its source "very credible." "We have lots of information from intelligence sources that are so far not willing to go public. We know that if they do, they will ... lose their jobs," Leicht told the committee.
As they should, of course.
Allegations that the CIA hid and interrogated key al-Qaida suspects at Soviet-era compounds in Eastern Europe were first reported Nov. 2 in The Washington Post. After the report appeared, Human Rights Watch said it had circumstantial evidence indicating the CIA transported suspected terrorists captured in Afghanistan to Poland and Romania.

Both countries have repeatedly denied any involvement and EU officials say nothing has been proven.
Despite all the 'credible' sources HRW had.
Poland said last week it had closed its investigation into allegations that the country may have hosted secret CIA prisons, but did not release any findings.

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.
Which is the way it should be. It's hilarious: he says they have credible sources, then he pleads for access.
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  

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