Washington pooh-poohs secret prisons and rendition flights

Alleged pick-up points and destinations
of secret prisoner transfer flights

it seems to me that bulgaria was in the original list of countries possibly harboring a "black site" prison... having just returned from both bulgaria and macedonia, this is of no passing interest to me...

The report by Swiss Senator Dick Marty follows a seven-month inquiry by Europe's human rights watchdog, the Council of Europe.

It began in November amid a political outcry over media allegations of the existence of CIA detention centres in eastern Europe.

Mr Marty examined air traffic logs, satellite images and the accounts of those who said they had been abducted.

He identified a "spider's web" of US rendition flights and landing points around the world.

And although he said the US must bear responsibility for the flights, he concluded that the programme could operate only with "the intentional or grossly negligent collusion of the European partners".

He said that Spain, Turkey, Germany and Cyprus provided "staging posts" for rendition operations, while the UK, Portugal, Ireland and Greece were "stop-off points".

The report also says Italy, Sweden, Macedonia and Bosnia allowed the abduction of residents from their soil.

needless to say, washington denies and pooh-poohs the whole thing...

Washington has criticised a Council of Europe report on alleged US secret prisons inside Europe, saying it was full of allegations, but thin on facts.

alright, washington, you puff-chested, arrogant s.o.b., give us the FACTS then...

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