Swiss may have known about secret CIA prisons

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Swiss may have known about secret CIA prisons

swissinfo January 8, 2006 1:46 PM

The Swiss intelligence services use antennas like these in canton Valais to eavesdrop on satellite communications (Keystone)
The Swiss intelligence community has allegedly been aware of secret CIA prisons in eastern Europe for nearly two months according to leaked documents.

The intelligence services refuse to comment the affair, revealed by the Sonntagsblick tabloid, while Swiss senator Dick Marty who is investigating the prison claims for the Council of Europe, remains cautious.

The Sonntagsblick wrote on Sunday that military intelligence intercepted a fax received by the Egyptian embassy in London supposedly confirming the existence of the detention centres.

The message was picked up by the secret service's Onyx satellite listening system on November 10, just three days after the Council of Europe launched an investigation into allegations that the CIA was running secret interrogation centres in Europe.

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