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Romanians Seek Inquiry of Prison Reports
By ALEXANDRU ALEXE, Associated Press Writer

BUCHAREST, Romania -- The heads of Romania's two chambers of parliament on Tuesday called for an investigation into allegations a secret U.S. prison operated in the country. In Poland, the Justice Ministry said any official who would have allowed such a facility to operate would have been breaking the law, but that no inquiry was planned.

Officials in both countries insisted Tuesday that there is no evidence that the United States operated secret prisons on their territory.



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by Chris Kulczycki on Tue Dec 6th, 2005 at 11:37:54 AM EST
In Poland, the Justice Ministry said any official who would have allowed such a facility to operate would have been breaking the law, but that no inquiry was planned.
Clearly, Poland is already in the EU so they have nothing to lose.

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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Dec 6th, 2005 at 11:42:51 AM EST
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Pretty funny, those Romanians.  At the same time they seeks an inquiry into the prisons, they ink a deal allowing the Americans to use bases on their territory:

Rice signs US-Romania bases deal

The deal marks a major shift in US strategy in Europe
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has signed a deal allowing the US to use military bases in Romania.
It is the first such deal to be signed with a former communist country in eastern Europe.

Very nice of Europe to continue to allow the U.S. to use its territory to transport and torture its citizens.  I guess America will be called upon to be the thug of choice when European leaders need to rough up their opposition a little.  

Seems a little hypocritical of Europeans to be publicly criticizing the U.S. while at the same time privately supporting the U.S. move towards fascism.  But I guess that is what friends are for.

by numediaman on Tue Dec 6th, 2005 at 04:51:11 PM EST
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Romania (which is as yet outside of the EU) has a neo-con government (truly neocon - the lkocal right-wing intelligentsia managed to take the ideology seriously), so this may be the wrong example for a general point on Europe. On the other hand, each EU government has its own instance of taintedness in this affair, so your general point is valid.

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by DoDo on Wed Dec 7th, 2005 at 03:04:22 AM EST
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