U.S. Says European Governments Knew About CIA Rendition Flights
May 17, 2006
A photo taken on March 12, 2004, of a suspected CIA plane departing from Palma de Mallorca airport in Spain (AFP)
The head of a European Parliament probe into the flights, Carlos Coelho, said the information was gathered during a visit to the United States last week. Coelho said U.S. State Department officials insisted that the United States never violated the sovereignty of EU countries during the so-called extraordinary renditions.
Fellow investigator Claudio Fava said up to 50 people were moved across the continent to jails in third countries where
some faced torture and other abuses.
(AFP, Reuters)