Poland shaken by case alleging an illicit CIA prison there

[ckaihatsu]

Poland shaken by case alleging an illicit CIA prison there

21 Jun 2012

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. The prosecutors' investigation centers on a Polish military garrison that allegedly hosted a CIA "black site" where foreign detainees were subjected to internationally condemned interrogation torture techniques, such as waterboarding, during 2002 and 2003. [Where's the 'fast and furious' investigation of Bush officials for war crimes?]

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-poland-cia-20120622,0,1305119,full.story

http://www.legitgov.org

[A Marxist Historian]

Poland shaken by case alleging an illicit CIA prison there

21 Jun 2012

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. The prosecutors' investigation centers on a Polish military garrison that allegedly hosted a CIA "black site" where foreign detainees were subjected to internationally condemned interrogation torture techniques, such as waterboarding, during 2002 and 2003. [Where's the 'fast and furious' investigation of Bush officials for war crimes?]

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-poland-cia-20120622,0,1305119,full.story

http://www.legitgov.org

Better question: where's the investigation of Obama for war crimes? Anyone who thinks that they don't torture at Bagram is naive. We don't know for sure, as Obama, unlike Bush, has put in huge amounts of effort to make sure that nobody knows exactly what goes on at Bagram.

When Bush was running things, there were some 15-20 reported deaths of prisoners at Bagram--a higher number than at Abu Graib. Now? Who knows?

I suspect waterboarding is the least of it.

-M.H.-