Posted on 11/15/2005 3:41:45 AM PST by n230099
BRUSSELS - The European Commission rejected MEPs' calls for a formal and in-depth investigation into alleged CIA prisons on EU territory, claiming it has no competency for such a move.
Speaking before the European Parliament on Monday (14 November), justice commissioner Franco Frattini said the commission had seen "no evidence" for allegations that the US intelligence branch, the CIA, has detained top Al Qaeda suspects somewhere in eastern Europe.
The Washington Post reported earlier this month on the existence of the camps, with leading NGO Human Rights Watch subsequently earmarking EU member state Poland and candidate state Romania as likely locations for the camps.
The Washington Post and Human Rights Watch say that detainees in the centres are subject to the CIA’s "special interrogation techniques" which involve torture.
But commissioner Frattini shrugged off MEPs' calls for a thorough investigation into the matter, after several parliamentarians had called for more action from the EU executive.
Mr Frattini said the only thing the commission could do was to continue its "ongoing dialogue" with member states, NGOs, and the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, which started its own investigation last week.
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Too many acronyms with no daffynitions.
You too?
I always get a chuckle from morons who are too hip to bother realizing that the whole world doesn't share their intimacy with their hobby of choice, and regale us with acronyms up the wazoo.
That's why I Joined AAAAA !!
***You too?
I always get a chuckle from morons who are too hip to bother realizing that the whole world doesn't share their intimacy with their hobby of choice, and regale us with acronyms up the wazoo.***
Oh, THANK YOU! Nothing much makes me feel dumber than thinking I've fallen into a kettle of alphabet soup without my secret decoding ring.
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