Satellites may aid 'secret prisons' probe

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By Gilbert Reilhac
45 minutes ago

STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - Satellite images could help determine if the CIA ran secret prisons in Europe, according to a Swiss lawmaker who is drawing up a report on the issue for the Council of Europe human rights watchdog.
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The Council of Europe has opened an investigation into the allegations, which Washington has refused to confirm or deny. EU states agreed on Monday to write a joint letter to the United States seeking clarification about the allegations.

Dick Marty, who hopes to present his report to the council's parliamentary assembly in January, said he had contacted the EU Satellite Center, based in Torrejon de Ardoz in Spain.

"With the help of precise geographic coordinates which I have obtained, it would be possible to obtain high-definition satellite images taken between the beginning of 2002 and now," he said in a note published on Friday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051125/ts_nm/security_europe_cia_dc

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1. people of conscience

It is good to know there is someone who has the technical acumen combined with the human decency and altruisim to tackle a project like this.




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