Polonium

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Data Show Rendition Planes Landed in Poland

Two human rights groups released government flight logs Monday that showed aircraft linked to the Central Intelligence Agency’s program for secretly detaining, moving and housing terrorism suspects had landed in Poland.

Polish authorities have long denied that the country hosted one of the “black sites,” part of a network of clandestine overseas prisons where suspected prisoners from Al Qaeda were subjected to brutal interrogation methods under the C.I.A.’s so-called rendition program. Prosecutors in Poland are investigating the country’s possible participation in the program.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/world/europe/23poland.html