European report sees illegality in CIA prisons
Investigator: People seemingly abducted, transferred illegally in Europe
Updated: 8:53 a.m. ET Dec. 13, 2005
PARIS - An investigator looking into claims of secret CIA prisons in Europe said Tuesday that people were apparently abducted and transferred between countries illegally.
"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," Swiss senator Dick Marty said in a written report to a Council of Europe committee in Paris.
He added that "information gathered to date reinforced the credibility of the allegations concerning the transfer and temporary detention of individuals, without any judicial involvement, in European countries."
He also said that the United States has never formally denied such allegations.
He said he "deplores the fact that no information or explanations" were provided by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who faced repeated questions about the CIA prison allegations on her recent visit to Europe.
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