Investigator: CIA Ran Secret Prisons

Jerzy Szmajdzinski, Poland's defense minister from 2001-05, sarcastically brushed aside the accusations, saying: "Of course, I organized everything and gave them a red-carpet welcome." He declined further comment on "political fiction." Romanian Sen. Norica Nicolai rejected Marty's findings as "totally unfounded." CIA spokesman Paul Gimigliano said: "While I've yet to see the report, Europe has been the source of grossly inaccurate allegations about the CIA and counterterrorism." President Bush did not acknowledge the CIA's secret detention program until September 2006, when he announced that the agency had just moved Mohammed and 13 other suspected terrorists to Guantanamo Bay. He did not say where the prisons were located. In Germany, government spokesman Thomas Steg denied it hindered the probe. "The government knows of media reports about apparent prisoner transports and secret prisons, but the government itself has no information on such transports and facilities," Steg said. "To date, Mr. Marty has in his other reports also failed to provide any evidence that what is alleged is actually true." Article's URL: http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/89-06082007-1359803.html

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