Posted on 05/26/2007 2:56:16 PM PDT by lizol
ICIJ: Poland, Romania served CIA program
Published: May 25, 2007 at 3:07 PM
WASHINGTON, May 25 (UPI) -- A U.S. group has criticized Poland and Romania for cooperating in secret CIA arrest and detention policies since Sept. 11, 2001.
"Both Poland and Romania have sent troops to Iraq, assisted U.S. anti-terrorism policies by detaining terrorism suspects and faced criticism by European Union government investigators for their involvement in a CIA program of secret prisons and extraordinary renditions ... without any legal due process," the Center for Public Integrity said in a statement.
The CPI announced the results of a series of investigations by its International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
The CPI said that nations such as Poland and Romania had "made concerted efforts to curry favor with the United States by supporting the Bush administration's anti-terrorism policies."
"In the three years before 9/11, Poland received just over $33 million in U.S. military training and assistance. Three years after, the amount was nearly tenfold, more than $300 million in mostly Coalition Support Funds to reimburse expenses incurred by Polish forces in Iraq," according to ICIJ's database of military training and assistance, the statement said.
"Since 1998, Romania has received more than $100 million in U.S. military aid, primarily from the Foreign Military Financing program, which provides grants to buy U.S. military equipment and services," it said.
The Center for Public Integrity describes itself as "a nonprofit, nonpartisan Washington-based organization that does investigative reporting and research on significant public issues."
In general, the Bush administration has found a significantly greater willingness to cooperate on many of its security policies from many of the so-called "New Europe" former communist nations in Central Europe than from its older, more established allies in Western Europe.
Thanks, by the way.
Thank you Poland and Romania for helping us get the bad guys.
“The Center for Public Integrity describes itself as “a nonprofit, nonpartisan Washington-based organization that does investigative reporting and research on significant public issues.”
Hmmmm......How much do you want to bet there’s not one Republican among them,
A U.S. group ...
same ol’ american commie pukes criticizing the u.s.
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