EU lawmakers pressed to dilute CIA flights report

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European lawmakers are under pressure from their governments to water down a report accusing them of being aware of secret CIA flights in the bloc, lawmakers and officials said ahead of a vote on Wednesday.

Adoption of the report will conclude a year of investigations by a European Parliament committee into allegations that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency secretly held terrorism suspects in Europe and flew them to countries that practice torture.

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The European Parliament's two main groups have prepared amendments to tone down a draft report which says there is strong evidence of illegal CIA "renditions" of terror suspects, and that several EU states knew of them and concealed the truth.

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At least 1,245 CIA flights would have flown into or over Europe in the four years after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, the report says.

Washington acknowledges the secret transfer of suspects to third countries but denies torturing them or handing them to countries that did.

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[maddezmom]

1. why do a report if you're just going to gloss over the obvious?

All the gov'ts involved should be exposed.

[Solly Mack]

2. and this is an example of why Bush Inc will never be charged

Complicity