Judge orders Spain to declassify CIA flight papers

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January 31st, 2007

Madrid, Spain - A judge has ordered Spain's state intelligence agency to declassify any documents it has about secret CIA flights shuttling terrorism suspects, court officials said on Wednesday.

High Court Judge Ismael Moreno issued the order to the National Intelligence Center (CNI) as part of an investigation he began last year to determine whether suspects on CIA flights touching down on the Spanish island of Mallorca were held illegally or tortured, the officials said.

Up to 50 people were moved across Europe in flights to jails in third countries where they faced torture and other abuse, according to European Parliament investigators.

A Council of Europe investigator last year said Spain might have acted in "collusion, active or passive," with secret detentions and unlawful inter-state transfers ...

http://www.alaskareport.com/reu77662.htm

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1. Calls for inquiry into use of airports by CIA (Ireland)

31/01/2007 - 10:06:08 AM

All CIA aircraft must be banned from Ireland until the Dáil carries out an inquiry into alleged rendition flights, the Labour Party will claim tonight.

A Seanad motion tabled by four senators will demand an Oireachtas inquiry into whether terrorist hostages are being secretly transported through Shannon Airport.

Last week’s report by a European Parliament committee also called for an Oireachtas investigation into the CIA’s alleged use of Irish territory for rendition flights ...

http://www.eveningecho.ie/news/bstory.asp?j=208851038&p=zx885y744&n=208851798

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2. Good for the judge.