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Probe of CIA Prisons Implicates EU Nations

Fourteen European nations colluded with U.S. intelligence in a "spider's web" of human rights abuses to help the CIA spirit terror suspects to illegal detention facilities, a European investigator said Wednesday.

EU Group Seeks Information on CIA Prisons

A group of European Union lawmakers sought Tuesday to find out from U.S. officials, lawmakers and human rights groups whether any European countries were involved in secret CIA prisons or flights for terror suspects.

EU Official Denies Knowledge of CIA Jails

The EU foreign policy chief told a special committee Tuesday he had no information that CIA agents interrogated al-Qaida suspects at secret prisons in Europe and operated flights over European territory.

EU Lawmakers Allege Numerous CIA Flights

The CIA has conducted more than 1,000 clandestine flights in Europe since 2001, and some of them secretly took away terror suspects to countries where they could face torture, European Union lawmakers said Wednesday.

Clarification: 3/30 Secret Prisons Story

NOTE: In a story March 30, The Associated Press quoted Manfred Nowak, the United Nations' special investigator on torture, as saying he wanted access to alleged secret U.S. prisons in Europe, adding that he was "100 percent sure" they existed.

Activists Report on Alleged Secret Flights

In its most detailed report yet on alleged secret rendition flights of terror suspects, Amnesty International said three former detainees have lent support to the idea that eastern European countries may have been involved in secret CIA flights to so-called "black site" prisons.

U.N. Expert Wants to See Purported Prisons

The United Nations' special investigator on torture said Thursday he was certain that there are secret U.S. prisons in Europe and he wants access to them.

Europe Urged to Control Foreign Spies

European nations should toughen their laws to control foreign spies inside their borders, the continent's leading human rights official said Wednesday as he released a report on alleged CIA transfers of suspected terrorists through Europe.

Rights Group Alleges U.S. Coverup

A Human Rights Watch official told a European Parliament committee Thursday that Washington has taken great efforts to conceal any evidence of alleged CIA secret detention centers and flights in Europe.

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Invoking Secrets Privilege Becomes a More Popular Legal Tactic by U.S. - New York Times

Source: nytimes.com

WASHINGTON, June 3 — Facing a wave of litigation challenging its eavesdropping at home and its handling of terror suspects abroad, the Bush administration is increasingly turning to a legal tactic that swiftly torpedoes most lawsuits: the state secrets privilege.

ICRC chief 'deplores' U.S. bar to secret prisons

Source: signonsandiego.com

Apparently, the current White House now considers the Red Cross amongst its list of enemies who cannot be trusted with sensitive information.

CIA Secret Prisons Exposed

Source: villagevoice.com

Meanwhile, Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte said the prisoners in these hidden gulags will be there as long as "the war on terror continues." He added, in an April 12 Time interview: "I'm not sure I can tell you what the ultimate disposition of those detainees wi

The Priorities of Porter Goss (w.post editorial)

Source: washingtonpost.com

The editorial board of the Washington Post provide some context for the recent firing of Mary O. McCarthy for leaking classified CIA information to the press (including Dana Priest of the Post).

The Spy Chief Speaks: CIA Detainees Will Be Held Indefinitely

Source: time.com

Interview: John Negroponte responds to critics and says accused Al-Qaeda members will remain in secret prisons as long as 'war on terror continues'

U.N. asked to probe U.S. terror detention

Source: upi.com

The ACLU is asking the United Nations to investigate the US government's program of holding terror suspects at secret sites abroad for interrogation.

US torture will make global precedents

Source: weekly.ahram.org.eg

When torture becomes an integral part of the foreign policy of the world's unrivalled superpower, the writing is on the wall.