US Refuses to Help Poland Probe Illegal CIA Prisons
US Says It Considered Matter 'Closed'
The Obama Administration rejected efforts by the Polish government to secure Justice Department help in the probe of illegal CIA “black sites” operating in Polish territory, and allegations that the sites were used to torture detainees.
According to officials the US refused to participate in the investigation because they “consider the matter to be closed.” Polish officials denied having any knowledge of the secret CIA site but records show CIA flights heading into a seldom used military air base in northern Poland.
Evidence released in 2007 showed that the CIA operated the facility inside a Polish intelligence training school, and claimed then-Prime Minister Leszek Miller was informed but told to keep the information from Polish officials. The revelation was part of a flurry of evidence prompting investigations by Polish officials into the scheme.
President Obama formally ordered the closure of all black sites in early 2009, and also insisted that he has fully banned the use of torture. His administration’s lack of cooperation with the investigations into the crimes, however, are leaving many doubting if they are indeed a “closed” matter or just covered up in a different way.
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theothercanada
December 31st, 2010 at 12:36 am
Evil Empire is just letting satrap know who the Master is in their "partnership", satraps obey and provide cannon fodder,Master barks the orders.
the lion
December 31st, 2010 at 2:04 am
Honestly Poland REALLY didnt think that the US Government would actually turn against ITS OWN BOSSES at the CIA did it.
ITs now the case where the CIA tail wags the US Administrations "the Dog"
Now seriously, did Poland actually believe the US Administration would investigate the CIA and PROVE to the World that both the CIA and THE ADMINISTRATION both countenanced and committed WAR CRIMES do you?
MoT
December 31st, 2010 at 7:57 am
"covered up in a different way" You can count on it.
Valerianus
December 31st, 2010 at 8:56 am
Misguided Poles! They'll have to learn the hard way that trading Moscow for Washington as their master was not the way to get freedom.
Wildey Moore
December 31st, 2010 at 1:26 pm
The CIA is purely political. It there to serve the wishes of the politicians in power: Period. In a Constitutional Republic, there is no room for a CIA. Read President Washington's Farewell Address. That's a definition of what America's military role should be, not one helping build an Empire.
Gates, the head of the department of offense/defense, before his current position, he was CIA. As the District of Criminals is there to serve itself, the CIA is DC's military.