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Thursday, April 09, 2009

CIA 'Black Sites' to Shut Down

The CIA's secret overseas prisons for terrorist detainees -- you know, the ones everyone knows about -- now have a shelf-life, says CIA director Leon Panetta.

Agence France-Presse:

CIA headquartersThe CIA is "no longer" operating secret prisons used by the intelligence agency to interrogate terror suspects, and plans to shut all remaining "black sites," the spy agency's director said Thursday.

The statement by the Central Intelligence Agency chief confirmed the spy service was carrying out an order from President Barack Obama to shut down the secret prisons that have been condemned at home and abroad as a flagrant violation of human rights.

"CIA no longer operates detention facilities or black sites and has proposed a plan to decommission the remaining sites," CIA director Leon Panetta said in a letter sent to agency employees.

"I have directed our agency personnel to take charge of the decommissioning process and have further directed that the contracts for site security be promptly terminated," he said.


No word on when they'll all be decomissioned, but the sooner, the better.

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