U.N. Official Demands Access to CIA Prisons
From Times Wire Reports
The United Nations’ special investigator on torture says he is certain that there are secret U.S. prisons in Europe and he wants access to them.
Manfred Nowak said, “I am 100% sure. I have evidence.â€
He cited a U.S. refusal to provide details or records of interrogations later used in terrorism trials in Germany. He did not explain how that was proof of the existence of the CIA-run prisons.
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