SECRET PRISONS OF CIA IN EASTERN EUROPE: POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES

It all started with Dana Priest’s article in Washington Post on Nov 2, 2005, which was entitled “CIA holds terror suspects in secret prisons”. The states, where the prisons itself were located were dubbed “Eastern European”, without disclosing the specific names at the White House request.

Secret CIA prison in Poland

Szczytno-Szymany airport, where the CIA planes used to land

Sudden twist took place in the criminal case of secret CIA prison in Poland. Prominent activist of the neo-Communist SLD party Zbigniew Siemiątkowski was charged. Ex-Prime Minister Leszek Miller and ex-President Aleksander Kwasniewski are about to face the State Tribunal. The prefix “ex-” before the titles of the said statesmen by no means diminishes the importance of that political scandal or political consequences for acting politicians (and the country itself). Significance of the case for international politics is yet to be estimated.