American shame

Kidnappers, torturers, liars. Yup, we look real honorable. Quite the model to emulate.

A European investigator said Tuesday he has found mounting indications the United States illegally held detainees in Europe but then hurriedly shipped them out to North Africa a month ago when word leaked out. Dick Marty, a Swiss senator looking into claims the CIA operated secret prisons in Europe, said an ongoing, month long investigation unearthed information implicating Poland and Romania. Asked to which North African country the detainees may have been moved, he said: "I would imagine that it would be Morocco — up to you to confirm it."

"Legal proceedings in progress in certain countries seemed to indicate that individuals had been abducted and transferred to other countries without respect for any legal standards," he said. Marty said some governments may not have known of the detention centers on their own soil and it was "still too early to assert that there had been any involvement or complicity of member states in illegal actions."

The senator also was critical of the United States, saying he "deplores the fact that no information or explanations" were provided by Secretary of State Rice, who faced repeated questions about the CIA prison allegations on her recent visit to Europe.
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