Blair and solana obstruct investigation
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Wednesday February 14, 2007 09:33
by Peter Sharp
Isn't that a crime?
A draft report accusing Britain, Poland, Germany, Italy and other EU nations of colluding with the CIA to transport terror suspects to clandestine prisons will be watered down to ensure the European parliament's endorsement, officials say
The report concludes a yearlong investigation into CIA activities that violated EU human-rights laws, including secret CIA flights and transfers of prisoners to secret detention centres.
The EU draft report found direct proof that the CIA ran secret prisons in Europe - an allegation that prompted the inquiry in November 2005 - and accuses 11 EU governments and some officials, including Javier Solana and Tony Blair, the EU foreign policy chief and British Prime Minister, of not co-operating with the investigation.
The British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, is demanding changes that would remove criticism of his non-co-operation with the committee.
Another amendment erases all criticism of Solana, who had called the report's claim that he had misled the investigation in his testimony "partially true but unfair for picking on him alone".