Reuters: Spain to hand judge documents on secret CIA flights

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Spain to hand judge documents on secret CIA flights
09 Feb 2007 15:17:53 GMT
Source: Reuters

By Jane Barrett

MADRID, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Spain agreed on Friday to hand a judge intelligence documents
about secret CIA flights that transported terrorism suspects to third countries where
investigators say they may have faced torture or abuse.

The documents, which include details of flights that stopped off on the islands of Mallorca
and Tenerife, will be handed to High Court Judge Ismael Moreno who is investigating whether
suspects flown via Spain were held illegally or were tortured.

The government said it would ask the judge to use the papers only for the investigation and
treat the data with "maximum protection", suggesting the information will not be made public.

Last month, Moreno ordered the CNI intelligence agency to release any documents it had on
the so-called "rendition" flights by the United States, dozens of which stopped over on the
Spanish holiday island of Mallorca.

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