As Bush speaks, CIA sneaks it's 'secret' prisoners into Gitmo

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Bush acknowledges CIA prisons

By NEDRA PICKLER

WASHINGTON (AP) - President George W. Bush has transferred 14 key terrorist leaders from secret CIA custody to the U.S. military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to be prepared for eventual trials, a senior administration official said Wednesday.

The high-value suspected terrorists include Khalid Sheik Mohammed, believed to be the No. 3 al-Qaida leader before he was captured in Pakistan in 2003; Ramzi Binalshibh, an alleged would-be Sept. 11, 2001, hijacker; and Abu Zubaydah, who was believed to be a link between Osama bin Laden and many al-Qaida cells before he was also captured in Pakistan, in March 2002.

Bush was announcing the move in a speech from the White House, with families of those killed in the 2001 attacks in attendance.

The announcement from Bush is the first time the administration has acknowledged the existence of CIA prisons, which have been reported about in the news media and the subject of friction between Washington and some allies in Europe. The administration has come under criticism for its treatment of terrorism detainees.


http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2006/09/06/1807298-ap.html

[niyad]

1. let's see--one guy has been in a secret prison for 4 1/2 years, another

for at least 3, and the other since shortly after 9/11? so the thugs of this maladministration are admitting they have been breaking the law for at least 4/12 years?

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2. and covering it up

not to mention the other countries who were stopovers for the rendition flights