WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The CIA has been holding and interrogating al Qaeda captives at a secret facility in Eastern Europe, part of a covert prison system established after the September 11, 2001, attacks, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
The Soviet-era compound is part of a network that has included sites in eight countries, including Thailand and Afghanistan, the newspaper reported, citing U.S. and foreign officials familiar with the arrangement.
Thailand denied it was host to such a facility.
"There is no fact in the unfounded claims," government spokesman Surapong Suebwonglee said.
The newspaper said the existence and locations of the facilities were known only to a handful of officials in the United States and, usually, only to the president and a few top intelligence officers in each host country. (more by clicking post title)
Alrighty then! If this is true, isn't there supposed to be Congressional oversight of the CIA? The CIA does not report to the President. Yes, he can give orders but the CIA reports to Congress. I am sure all potential detainees are being treated humanely in these "black prisons" and all parts of the Geneva Convention are being observed. Oh wait...
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