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Poland Investigating Claims of CIA Secret Prison

Posted by Andrew Gilmore, Jurist Legal News and Research at 7:40 AM on September 8, 2008.


The prison was reportedly part of the U.S. government's "extraordinary rendition" (a.k.a. kidnap and torture) program.
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A spokesman for Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced Friday that the Polish government is investigating claims that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operated a secret prison in Poland. The prison was reportedly part of the CIA's extraordinary rendition program, under which terrorism suspects were seized and flown to secret locations outside the U.S. for interrogation and imprisonment. Prosecutors have reportedly obtained a memo written by Polish intelligence officials in either 2005 or 2006 that confirms the prison's existence. Reuters has more.

Poland and Romania have been accused of hosting secret prisons for the extraordinary rendition program. Allegations against the two countries came in a June 2007 report to the Council of Europe by Swiss Senator Dick Marty. The report concluded that numerous European governments had cooperated with the CIA program. In February 2007, the European Parliament condemned more than a dozen European states for their roles in the program. Several nations have been accused of obstructing European probes into the secret prison allegations, including Poland, which allegedly housed the largest CIA detention facility in Europe. President Bush acknowledged the existence of the secret facilities in September 2006 but provided no details on their location or operation.

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Oh, Yeah
Posted by: QQOblivion on Sep 8, 2008 8:02 AM   
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Remember torture? Oh, yeah, I almost forgot -- you know, with the campaign and all -- America DOES torture!
And America arrests people without charge or evidence, and it holds them indefinitely. And it violates all rules followed by moral nations.

Funny thing about Poland. They may literally take a nuclear bullet from Russia for the US, if they go ahead and have anti-ballistic missiles based on their territory.
Do they really want to be nuked for the benefit of a country, the US, that violates all human decency? Is it really worth it to them?

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The Polish Government Doesn't Know?
Posted by: FoonTheElder on Sep 8, 2008 1:04 PM   
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So you're telling me the Polish government doesn't know if there is a CIA torture center in Poland? I find that hard to believe, when it was likely that they approved it in the first place.

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