European Lawmakers Allege CIA Violations

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By JAN SLIVA, Associated Press Writer
58 minutes ago

BRUSSELS, Belgium - European lawmakers said Wednesday they had discovered a "widespread regular practice" of human rights violations by the CIA in Europe.

The lawmakers said they had documented a series of incidents in which terror suspects were kidnapped by the CIA in Europe, or handed over to the agency by European officials in violation of human rights treaties.

They said they had also found that the CIA has conducted more than 1,000 undeclared flights over European territory since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks — some carrying suspected terrorists to countries where they could face torture.

The suspects often were transported across Europe by the same planes and groups of people working for the CIA, the lawmakers said in a preliminary report.

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