Thursday, March 29, 2012

Poland's Former Head Of Foreign Intelligence Charged With Helping The CIA Run A Detention Centre In Eastern Poland

Poland Ex-Spy Boss 'Charged Over Alleged CIA Secret Prison' -- The Telegraph

A former head of Poland’s foreign intelligence service faces charges of illegal detention and use of corporal punishment at an alleged secret CIA “black site” used to house high-ranking terrorism suspects.

Zbigniew Siemiatowski confirmed to Gazeta Wyborcza, a Polish newspaper, that prosecutors had charged him as part of their long-running investigation into a secret detention centre in eastern Poland used by the CIA from 2002 to 2003 for suspects in transit to Guantanamo Bay, but said he refused to co-operate.

“While in the prosecutor's office I refused to answer questions and I shall continue to do so at every stage of the proceedings, including in court,” Mr Siemiatowski told the paper.

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More News On Poland's Ex-Spy Boss 'Charged Over Alleged CIA Secret Prison'

Polish Ex-Official Charged With Aiding C.I.A. -- New York Times
Poland charges former intelligence chief over secret CIA prison site -- The Guardian
Report: Poland ex-spy chief charged over CIA site -- Boston.com/AP
Human rights groups welcome Polish report on CIA prisons -- Reuters
Spy chief faces secret jail charges -- Sydney Morning Herald

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