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Poland investigated claims of CIA secret prison [this day at law]
September 5, 2012 by Katherine Bacher
On September 5, 2008, the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that the Polish government would investigate claims that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was operating a prison in Poland. The alleged prison was said to be part of the CIA's extraordinary rendition program. The Legal.... [more]

Amnesty urges EU nations to investigate CIA renditions
March 27, 2012 by Keith Herting
Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday asked EU member states to reconsider their involvement in the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) extraordinary rendition program of forced transfer and secret detention. During a hearing before the European Parliament (EP), the group suggested that the EU.... [more]

European Parliament found member states complicit in CIA renditions [this day at law]
July 6, 2011 by Dwyer Arce
On July 6, 2006, the European Parliament adopted a report that agreed with earlier findings by the Council of Europe (COE) that European states were complicit in alleged incidents of CIA extraordinary rendition. The report criticized European nations for failing to act or complying with CIA.... [more]

EU parliament condemned complicity with CIA secret prisons [this day at law]
February 14, 2011 by Dwyer Arce
On February 14, 2007, the European Parliament voted 382-256 to approve a report condemning member states for cooperating with the CIA in operating illegal secret prisons and extraordinary rendition flights in Europe. The report condemned the European countries who allowed the CIA to forcibly.... [more]

EU to reopen probe of secret CIA prisons after evidence of Ukraine involvement
November 15, 2007 by Gabriel Haboubi
The European Parliament committee on CIA activities in Europe (TDIP) will reopen its investigation into the alleged operation of secret CIA prisons in Europe, two committee members said Wednesday. Giulietto Chiesa and Claudio Fava said that new evidence of secret prisons and rendition flights in.... [more]

CIA director defends US secret detention program
September 7, 2007 by Mike Rosen-Molina
CIA Director Michael Hayden defended the United States' secret overseas detention and interrogation policy Friday, saying that the program had obtained vital information about the terrorist threat against the US detailed in a July report. Hayden also said that fewer than 100 people total had be....... [more]

Europe lawmakers spar over CIA secret prisons report
July 17, 2007 by Gabriel Haboubi
Some members of the European Parliament criticized Swiss Senator Dick Marty Tuesday for failing to cite sources in his June report to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe that accused Poland and Romania of assisting the US Central Intelligence Agency in operating secret prisons for.... [more]

European parliament members deplore 'illegal' CIA renditions at US House hearing
April 17, 2007 by Alexis Unkovic
A delegation of European Parliament members told two subcommittees of the US House of Representatives Tuesday that the use of extraordinary renditions by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is illegal. At the hearing conducted by the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International.... [more]

State Department criticizes Europe probes of CIA secret prisons
February 28, 2007 by Joshua Pantesco
US State Department Legal Advisor John Bellinger told reporters in Brussels Wednesday that European investigations into allegations of CIA misconduct in Europe may dampen intelligence sharing efforts between the US and European countries. He also said that allegations of torture by the CIA are.... [more]

Romania commission reports no official cooperation with CIA rendition program
February 21, 2007 by Katerina Ossenova
A Romanian parliamentary commission announced Wednesday that it had found no evidence that Romania cooperated with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in operating illegal secret prisons and extraordinary rendition flights in Europe, or that secret facilities ever existed in Romania. Norica.... [more]



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