Investigator believes CIA flouted law in Europe

Investigator believes CIA flouted law in Europe - Americas - International Herald Tribune: The Associated Press | SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2006

BURGDORF, Switzerland The head of a European investigation into reports of CIA prisons on the Continent accused the United States on Friday of violating international human rights law in its war on terror.

Dick Marty, the Swiss lawmaker leading the probe on behalf of the Council of Europe, said there was no question the CIA was undertaking illegal activities in Europe in its transportation and detention of terror suspects.

"The strategy in place today respects neither human rights nor the Geneva Conventions," Marty said at a news conference in the Swiss town of Burgdorf. "The current administration in Washington is trying to combat terrorism outside legal means, the rule of law."
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"The question is: Was the CIA really working in Europe? I believe we can say today, without a doubt, yes," he said.

"All the indications are that this 'extraordinary rendition' was already known about," Marty said, referring to the CIA program of transferring terrorism suspects to third countries where harsher interrogation methods, including torture, are allowed. ...