Poles to Investigate CIA Prisons

By BJ

It appears the Poles are set to begin investigating the secret CIA prisons where al Qaeda suspects were "disappeared" for some "aggressive interrogations".

The Polish prosecutor's office is investigating allegations that there was a CIA prison in Poland where al Qaeda suspects were questioned and guards might have used methods close to torture, the prime minister's top adviser said on Friday.

Polish media reported earlier on Friday that a classified note written by the Polish secret service had proved the existence of a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency base in Poland.

"Close to torture" only under the highly twisted Bush administration use of the word, as the CIA has already admitted to waterboarding, which the US prosecuted war criminals for during WWII. And the existence of the prisons themselves isn't really in doubt anymore. Their existence was confirmed over a year ago. The Poles however have steadily denied the prisons were on their soil, likely due to this little tidbit:

All Polish political parties have played down speculation about the existence of a CIA prison. Under Polish law, a Pole who was party to an agreement allowing the CIA to torture suspects could be sued in the regular courts or even in the State Tribunal, a special court for government officials.

It's like the new way to avoid paying for your crimes. Make sure that all of the parties are guilty so that none of them will be willing to prosecute you. Also likely why Bush, Cheney, and the rest of the torture brigade will never answer for their normalization of such techniques.

Comments

[Jason Sigger]

And if you think for a second that the Polish Government is going to come out with any expose about secret CIA prisons after it has signed a lease with the US govt on a missile launcher site... well, brother, you're not going to make it.