Poland Orders Probe Into Alleged CIA Jails
Saturday December 10, 2005 10:46 PM
By RYAN LUCAS
Associate Press Writer
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's prime minister said Saturday he has ordered an investigation into whether the CIA ran secret prisons for terror suspects in the country - an allegation the government repeatedly has denied.
Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz said a ``detailed'' probe would be conducted to ``check if there is any proof that such an event took place in our country. It is necessary to finally close the issue because it could be dangerous to Poland.''
Marcinkiewicz's spokesman, Konrad Ciesiolkiewicz, said he did not knows were allegedly tortured, and whether European airports and airspace were used for alleged CIA flights transporting prisoners to countries where torture is practiced.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said the United States acts within the law and argued that Europeans are safer because of tough U.S. tactics. She refused to discuss intelligence operations or address questions about clandestine CIA detention centers.
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