European countries knew about U.S. secret jails for terrorism suspects and have obstructed an investigation into the transport and illegal detention of prisoners, a draft European Parliament report said on Tuesday, included: Britain, Poland and Germany
It criticized a string of top EU officials including foreign policy chief Javier Solana and counter-terrorism coordinator Gijs de Vries, and complained of lack of cooperation from nearly all member states.
The report said Nicolo Pollari, former head of Italy's SISMI intelligence service, had "concealed the truth" when he told a European Parliament committee in March that Italian agents had played no part in the CIA kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric.
On the contrary, SISMI officials played an active role in the abduction of Abu Omar, and it was "very probable" that the Italian government knew of the operation, the report said.
The document, obtained by Reuters, echoed charges from the Council of Europe human rights body that European states were complicit in U.S. abuses during the war on terrorism.
It said records, from a confidential source, of a European Union and NATO meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice last December confirmed that "member states had knowledge of the (U.S.) program of extraordinary rendition and secret prisons".
U.S. President George W. Bush confirmed in September that the CIA had held high-level terrorism suspects at secret overseas locations, but Washington denies using torture or handing over prisoners to countries that practise it.
So the EU, who pretty much looked down their noses at the US for this, was in on it?? Wow..this is a shocker...just proves there are no "good" governments.
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