Sunday, June 24, 2012

Did Poland Permit A Secret CIA Prison Camp For Terrorists

Poland Shaken By Case Alleging An Illicit CIA Prison There -- L.A. Times

A Polish inquiry on whether the CIA had a secret prison in the country where suspects were brutally interrogated could entangle former top Polish officials.

WARSAW — For years, the idea seemed unthinkable, absurd. A secret U.S. detention center in a remote corner of Poland, where Al Qaeda suspects were brutally interrogated by the CIA? About as likely as "the Loch Ness monster," is how one Pole described it recently.

That monster is now rearing its head.

Cloistered inside government offices, surrounded by classified documents, Polish prosecutors are building a case that could result in criminal charges against the nation's former spy chief and even, some say, against former senior political leaders. Evidence that a foreign power was allowed to conduct illicit activities on Polish soil has deeply shaken many Poles' faith in the United States and in Poland's sense of itself as a successful democracy born from the ashes of the Cold War.

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More News On The CIA Prison Camp For Captured Terrorists In Poland

CIA wanted to build a CAGE to hold terror suspects at secret Polish prison -- Daily Mail
CIA 'ordered cage to hold prisoners in Poland' -- The Telegraph
CIA Wanted 'Torture' Cage for Secret Prison: Official -- ABC News
Did the CIA run torture prison 'black site' in Poland? -- The Week

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