SECRET US PRISONS IN EUROPE: Report Addresses CIA Sites

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European Report Addresses CIA Sites - Prisons in Poland, Romania, It Says
By Molly Moore and Julie Tate - Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, June 8, 2007; Page A16
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060702425.html


PARIS, June 7 -- A European investigator said he has "factually established" that Poland and Romania allowed the CIA to operate secret prisons where alleged al-Qaeda operatives were detained and interrogated, according to documents scheduled to be presented Friday to Europe's official human rights organization.

Dick Marty, a Swiss lawyer for the Council of Europe, the continent's human rights agency, said detainees who were considered "especially sensitive" were incarcerated in Poland and those believed "to be less important were held in Romania," the documents said.

The documents, which were obtained by The Washington Post, include the cover letter and explanatory note of a report Marty has drafted, as well as a related draft resolution to be proposed to the council. Those documents did not provide details of the evidence Marty used to verify the participation of Poland and Romania in the covert CIA program.

Those two countries have repeatedly denied hosting CIA prisons. Marty said the two countries' government agencies did not cooperate with his investigation.

The report -- part of a larger investigation into partnerships among the CIA, NATO and European nations in the capture, transfer and detention of suspected terrorists -- reflects European outrage over the secret operations.

"Large numbers of people have been abducted from various locations across the world and transferred to countries where they have been persecuted and where it is known that torture is a common practice," Marty wrote, adding, "The fight against terrorism must not serve as an excuse for systematic recourse to illegal acts, massive violation of fundamental human rights and contempt for the rule of law." ..................

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1. Again, another atrocity, where is the televised media?

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2. This just hit the Internet in the last few minutes. June 8, 2007!!

This is tomorrow's newspaper.

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3. Profile: Dick Marty = He chairs the legal affairs and human rights committee

Profile: Dick Marty
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4526418.stm

Dick Marty has risen to prominence because of the CIA probe

The Swiss politician leading a European probe into allegations that the CIA abducted and moved terror suspects across European borders is a veteran legislator with years of experience in international law and human rights.

A married father of three and a lawyer by trade, Dick Marty holds a doctorate in law, and began his career as a specialist on Swiss law.

He lived in Freiburg, Germany, from 1969 until 1975, based at the section on Swiss law at an academic institution in the city.

He returned to Switzerland in 1975, taking up a position as state prosecutor in the canton of Ticino, ....

in 1998, he was elected to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, where he sits with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.

Within the council, Mr Marty serves on a number of influential committees.

He chairs the legal affairs and human rights committee and serves on the political affairs committee, among a host of others.

The Council of Europe has a wide membership not restricted to European Union members, and is responsible for overseeing the European Court of Human Rights. ..........

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4. K & R n/t

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5. LaLa RaRa broke this on Rawstory in March

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Sovietera_compound_in_Poland_was_site_0307.html

Good to see it's now in the corporate media as well!

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