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new newsThe head of a European investigation into alleged CIA secret flights and prisons said on Wednesday that European countries had actively supported the US spy agency's practice of illegally transporting terror suspects known as extraordinary renditions.
A total of 14 European countries -- Britain, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Bosnia, Macedonia, Turkey, Spain, Cyprus, Ireland, Greece, Portugal, Romania and Poland -- were designated as being complicit in "unlawful inter-state transfers" of people.
No Spanish torture probe of US officials(The excuse)
"Candido Conde-Pumpido said the case against the high-ranking U.S. officials — including former U.S. Attorney-General Alberto Gonzales — was without merit because the men were not present when the torture took place.
"If one is dealing with a crime of mistreatment of prisoners of war, the complaint should go against those who physically carried it out," Conde-Pumpido said"
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CIA flights controversy here to stay Shedding light on CIA mystery flights Extraordinary renditions: EU Member states are also responsible, MEPs say:European ParliamentCIA rendition:an archive
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