Swiss come into possession of proof of CIA prisons in Romania
Last Sunday’s edition of Switzerland’s SonntagsBlick says it has obtained a copy of a secret Swiss intelligence document constituting the first proof of the existence of CIA prisons in Europe.
In mid-November 2005, Swiss intelligence intercepted a faxed memo from the Egyptian foreign ministry in Cairo and its embassy in London. The text, written in French, states that the Foreign Minister came to know through his own sources that Romanian authorities permitted the CIA to interrogate 23 Iraqi and Afghani citizens on its territory. The memo adds that other CIA interrogation centers exist in Ukraine, Kosovo, Macedonia and Bulgaria. The document also cites secret US flights between Poland and Romania at the end of September 2005.
According to the paper, the CIA prison exists within Mihail Kogalniceanu military base near Constanza, a port on the Black Sea.
The Swiss intelligence services intercepted the memo via its Onyx system, which captures satellite communications.
Swiss authorities are apparently embarrassed by the revelation. Last Sunday, the Swiss Federal Defense Department refused to comment except to say that a secret document had been divulged. Meanwhile, the Romanian public is scandalized by the existence of the secret prison, which Bucharest had denied.
Swiss MP Dick Marty, charged by the European Commission to investigate the matter of CIA prisons in Europe, said he could not yet confirm the authenticity of the Egyptian faxed memo but indicated that the information confirmed previously existing evidence.
From a report by Mirel Bran and Agathe Duparc which appeared in today's edition of Le Monde.
In mid-November 2005, Swiss intelligence intercepted a faxed memo from the Egyptian foreign ministry in Cairo and its embassy in London. The text, written in French, states that the Foreign Minister came to know through his own sources that Romanian authorities permitted the CIA to interrogate 23 Iraqi and Afghani citizens on its territory. The memo adds that other CIA interrogation centers exist in Ukraine, Kosovo, Macedonia and Bulgaria. The document also cites secret US flights between Poland and Romania at the end of September 2005.
According to the paper, the CIA prison exists within Mihail Kogalniceanu military base near Constanza, a port on the Black Sea.
The Swiss intelligence services intercepted the memo via its Onyx system, which captures satellite communications.
Swiss authorities are apparently embarrassed by the revelation. Last Sunday, the Swiss Federal Defense Department refused to comment except to say that a secret document had been divulged. Meanwhile, the Romanian public is scandalized by the existence of the secret prison, which Bucharest had denied.
Swiss MP Dick Marty, charged by the European Commission to investigate the matter of CIA prisons in Europe, said he could not yet confirm the authenticity of the Egyptian faxed memo but indicated that the information confirmed previously existing evidence.
From a report by Mirel Bran and Agathe Duparc which appeared in today's edition of Le Monde.
posted by Nur-al-Cubicle | 11:26 AM
3 Comments:
I now state that you nur do not anoy me and i love reading your post so my idea of anoying is people who dont like the truth be safe walk in peace allways and not thayt i understand the net net law .Be safe walk in peace allways .I was reading about the new law on further left sence it was not in the news
Nur,
I've been following this one too. Swissinfo have some good info and for those intereted in the genesis of the Marty investihation links to the backstory
tears are streaming down my face.....so sad, so awful.......
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