Poland's Secret CIA Prison a Site for Torture Cover-Up

Poland Shedding Light on Secret CIA Prison

Aug 14, 2012

Mclatchy -Tribune News Service| by Roy Gutman

 

"Keep it as tight as possible": Airstrip @ Szczytno-Szymany Airport

Only the Polish prime minister and top Polish intelligence brass were told of the plan, in which agents of the United States quietly shuttled detainees from other holding facilities around the globe for stopovers and short-term interrogation in Poland between late 2002 and 2004. According to a confidential British intelligence memo, Prime Minister Tony Blair told  Poland's then-Prime Minister Leszek Miller to keep the information secret, even from his own government. “Miller was asked to keep it as tight as possible,” the memo said.[source]

STARE KIEJKUTY, Poland - On an idyllic lake surrounded by woods and a double row of mesh-and-razor-wire fences about 100 miles north of Warsaw, there stands a secluded villa that the CIA once used to interrogate - and allegedly torture - top al-Qaida suspects.

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