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Polish prosecutors to drop charges in CIA jail inquiry: report
Source: Reuters
Polish prosecutors to drop charges in CIA jail inquiry: report
By Marcin Goettig
WARSAW | Tue Feb 19, 2013 1:17pm EST
(Reuters) - Poland will drop charges against a former intelligence chief prompted by allegations that the CIA was allowed to run a secret prison in Poland for al Qaeda suspects, a major Warsaw newspaper said on Tuesday.
Human rights activists and lawyers for men who allege they were detained by the CIA in Poland say the Polish authorities are trying to stifle the investigation because it would become politically embarrassing if it led to trials.
The daily Gazeta Wyborcza first reported early last year that prosecutors looking into allegations of a secret CIA jail, and how much Polish officials knew about it, had raised criminal charges against ex-intelligence chief Zbigniew Siemiatkowski.
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On Tuesday, the same newspaper cited an unnamed source as saying the charges against Siemiatkowski would soon be withdrawn. "The decision ... has been taken by Krakow-based prosecutors," the newspaper said.
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By Marcin Goettig
WARSAW | Tue Feb 19, 2013 1:17pm EST
(Reuters) - Poland will drop charges against a former intelligence chief prompted by allegations that the CIA was allowed to run a secret prison in Poland for al Qaeda suspects, a major Warsaw newspaper said on Tuesday.
Human rights activists and lawyers for men who allege they were detained by the CIA in Poland say the Polish authorities are trying to stifle the investigation because it would become politically embarrassing if it led to trials.
The daily Gazeta Wyborcza first reported early last year that prosecutors looking into allegations of a secret CIA jail, and how much Polish officials knew about it, had raised criminal charges against ex-intelligence chief Zbigniew Siemiatkowski.
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On Tuesday, the same newspaper cited an unnamed source as saying the charges against Siemiatkowski would soon be withdrawn. "The decision ... has been taken by Krakow-based prosecutors," the newspaper said.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/19/us-poland-cia-siematkowski-idUSBRE91I10F20130219