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A Polish official claims that prosecutors in Krakow have proof the CIA wanted a special torture cage to be constructed at one of its secret black site prisons.
According to ABC News, the proof consists of a document showing that a local contractor was asked to build a cage at Stare Kiekuty, a Polish army base used as a CIA prison for al-Qaeda terror suspects in 2002 and 2003.
Senator Jozef Pinior told the Polish paper Gazeta Wyborcza that he had not seen the construction order himself but that the prosecutors office has a copy of it. In a state with rights, people are not kept in cages, Pinior stated.
He said he was sure the cage was intended for humans, since there could have been no other purpose for it, and that a cage is non-standard equipment for a prison unless torture was used there.
The CIA has declined to comment on these allegations, Raw Story says.
"In a state with rights," Pinior told the Polish paper Gazeta Wyborcza, "people in prison are not kept in cages." He said a cage was "non-standard equipment" for a prison, but standard "if torture was used there."
Asked if he was sure the cage was for humans, he said, "What was it for? Exotic birds?" He said he has not seen the construction order, but that the Krakow prosecutor's office, which is investigating the prison, has a copy of it.
This week Gazeta Wyborcza reported that the prosecutor's office also allegedly has a signed order from Zbigniew Siemiatkowski, the then-head of Polish intelligence, authorizing the creation of the black site. A source told the paper that the agreement has a space intended for an American signature, but that the Americans did not sign the document because they do not want to sign documents inconsistent with their own Constitution and international law.
Several terror suspects, including Abu Zubaydah, have said they were tortured at the Polish site prior to their relocation to Guantanamo. One suspect claims a gun and a power drill were pointed at his head during his interrogation.
ABC News previously revealed the location of another CIA prison at a former riding academy outside Vilnius, Lithuania. In 2006, President Bush acknowledged that the U.S. had used "black site" prisons in foreign countries, and said many of the suspects who had been detained there were then moved to Guantanamo Bay. While denying that the U.S. employed torture, he said that the U.S. had used an "alternative set of procedures" to interrogate prisoners.
The CIA declined to comment to ABC News on the reported black site in Poland or on Senator Pinior's allegations about a cage.
FACTS & FIGURES
The CIA began jailing suspects in 2002, creating an interrogation program from scratch to deal with so-called "high value detainees" of the war on terror.
The CIA operated its detention system under a series of secret legal opinions by CIA and Justice Department lawyers. Those rules provided a legal basis for the harsh interrogation techniques, including waterboarding. NY Times
Rendition began to be used regularly under President Bill Clinton and its use expanded rapidly under President Bush after the terrorist attacks in September 2001. NY Times
During the Bush Administration, there was controversy over the use of renditions by the United States, particularly with regard to the alleged transfer of suspected terrorists to countries known to employ harsh interrogation techniques that may rise to the level of torture, purportedly with the knowledge or acquiescence of the United States. CRS
In August 2009, the Obama administration said it would continue the Bush administration's practice of sending terrorism suspects to third countries for detention and interrogation but pledged to closely monitor their treatment to ensure that they are not tortured. NY Times
Human Rights Watch has stated that the principle of command responsibility could make high-ranking officials within the Bush administration guilty of war crimes. hrw.org
Human Rights First has reported that the United States is holding suspects in more than two dozen detention centers around the world. pubrecord.org
United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture, Manfred Nowak, has said that numerous cases of torture ordered by U.S. officials and perpetrated by U.S. authorities are well documented. Huffington Post
The UK, Germany and Italy are among 14 states which have allowed the U.S. to forcibly remove terror suspects. BBC
The EU parliament voted in February 2007 to accept a resolution condemning member states which accepted or ignored the practice. BBC
Some 27,000 detainees are suspected to have been held by the U.S. in secret prisons around the world including in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Island of Diego Garcia (Indian Ocean), Jordan and aboard U.S. amphibious assault ships. ufppc.org
Since October 2001, when the current ongoing war on Afghanistan began, almost 800 detainees have been brought to Guantanamo. informationclearinghouse.info
Red Cross inspectors and released detainees have described acts of torture, including sleep deprivation, beatings and locking in confined and cold cells. Human rights groups have also argued that indefinite detention constitutes torture. Huffington Post
In December, 2010, the Obama administration prepared an executive order that would dictate indefinite detention of some detainees at the notorious U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, without a trial at either military or civilian courts. Antiwar
The Interrogation and detention regime implemented by the U.S. has resulted in the deaths of over 100 detainees in U.S. custody. Andyworthington.co.uk
The U.S. has admitted that terror suspects in Afghanistan are being held and interrogated for weeks at temporary sites, including one run by the elite special operations forces at Bagram Air Base, according to U.S. officials who revealed details of the detention network to The Associated Press. Huffington Post
A Polish official claims that prosecutors in Krakow have proof the CIA wanted a special torture cage to be constructed at one of its secret black site prisons.
According to ABC News, the proof consists of a document showing that a local contractor was asked to build a cage at Stare Kiekuty, a Polish army base used as a CIA prison for al-Qaeda terror suspects in 2002 and 2003.
Senator Jozef Pinior told the Polish paper Gazeta Wyborcza that he had not seen the construction order himself but that the prosecutors office has a copy of it. In a state with rights, people are not kept in cages, Pinior stated.
He said he was sure the cage was intended for humans, since there could have been no other purpose for it, and that a cage is non-standard equipment for a prison unless torture was used there.
The CIA has declined to comment on these allegations, Raw Story says.
"In a state with rights," Pinior told the Polish paper Gazeta Wyborcza, "people in prison are not kept in cages." He said a cage was "non-standard equipment" for a prison, but standard "if torture was used there."
Asked if he was sure the cage was for humans, he said, "What was it for? Exotic birds?" He said he has not seen the construction order, but that the Krakow prosecutor's office, which is investigating the prison, has a copy of it.
This week Gazeta Wyborcza reported that the prosecutor's office also allegedly has a signed order from Zbigniew Siemiatkowski, the then-head of Polish intelligence, authorizing the creation of the black site. A source told the paper that the agreement has a space intended for an American signature, but that the Americans did not sign the document because they do not want to sign documents inconsistent with their own Constitution and international law.
Several terror suspects, including Abu Zubaydah, have said they were tortured at the Polish site prior to their relocation to Guantanamo. One suspect claims a gun and a power drill were pointed at his head during his interrogation.
ABC News previously revealed the location of another CIA prison at a former riding academy outside Vilnius, Lithuania. In 2006, President Bush acknowledged that the U.S. had used "black site" prisons in foreign countries, and said many of the suspects who had been detained there were then moved to Guantanamo Bay. While denying that the U.S. employed torture, he said that the U.S. had used an "alternative set of procedures" to interrogate prisoners.
The CIA declined to comment to ABC News on the reported black site in Poland or on Senator Pinior's allegations about a cage.
FACTS & FIGURES
The CIA began jailing suspects in 2002, creating an interrogation program from scratch to deal with so-called "high value detainees" of the war on terror.
The CIA operated its detention system under a series of secret legal opinions by CIA and Justice Department lawyers. Those rules provided a legal basis for the harsh interrogation techniques, including waterboarding. NY Times
Rendition began to be used regularly under President Bill Clinton and its use expanded rapidly under President Bush after the terrorist attacks in September 2001. NY Times
During the Bush Administration, there was controversy over the use of renditions by the United States, particularly with regard to the alleged transfer of suspected terrorists to countries known to employ harsh interrogation techniques that may rise to the level of torture, purportedly with the knowledge or acquiescence of the United States. CRS
In August 2009, the Obama administration said it would continue the Bush administration's practice of sending terrorism suspects to third countries for detention and interrogation but pledged to closely monitor their treatment to ensure that they are not tortured. NY Times
Human Rights Watch has stated that the principle of command responsibility could make high-ranking officials within the Bush administration guilty of war crimes. hrw.org
Human Rights First has reported that the United States is holding suspects in more than two dozen detention centers around the world. pubrecord.org
United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture, Manfred Nowak, has said that numerous cases of torture ordered by U.S. officials and perpetrated by U.S. authorities are well documented. Huffington Post
The UK, Germany and Italy are among 14 states which have allowed the U.S. to forcibly remove terror suspects. BBC
The EU parliament voted in February 2007 to accept a resolution condemning member states which accepted or ignored the practice. BBC
Some 27,000 detainees are suspected to have been held by the U.S. in secret prisons around the world including in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Island of Diego Garcia (Indian Ocean), Jordan and aboard U.S. amphibious assault ships. ufppc.org
Since October 2001, when the current ongoing war on Afghanistan began, almost 800 detainees have been brought to Guantanamo. informationclearinghouse.info
Red Cross inspectors and released detainees have described acts of torture, including sleep deprivation, beatings and locking in confined and cold cells. Human rights groups have also argued that indefinite detention constitutes torture. Huffington Post
In December, 2010, the Obama administration prepared an executive order that would dictate indefinite detention of some detainees at the notorious U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, without a trial at either military or civilian courts. Antiwar
The Interrogation and detention regime implemented by the U.S. has resulted in the deaths of over 100 detainees in U.S. custody. Andyworthington.co.uk
The U.S. has admitted that terror suspects in Afghanistan are being held and interrogated for weeks at temporary sites, including one run by the elite special operations forces at Bagram Air Base, according to U.S. officials who revealed details of the detention network to The Associated Press. Huffington Post
