Statewatch News Online: Poland: Fresh evidence regarding CIA rendition flights
28 March 2012
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Poland
Fresh
evidence regarding CIA rendition flights 
Warsaw-based Helsinki
Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) provided fresh evidence of
cooperation between the Polish Government and the CIA on renditions
(http://www.hfhr.org.pl/cia/images/stories/PRESS%20RELEASE%202.pdf).
The Foundation obtained information from the Polish Border Guard
confirming that in the period between December 2002 and September
2003 seven CIA jets operated by front companies had landed at
the remote Szymany airport in northern Poland.
According to the document just released by the Foundation, twenty
people altogether disembarked from the aircrafts and presumably
were transported to the Polish secret service station in Stare
Kiejkuty. The document made available by the Border Guard gives
for the first time an official confirmation that CIA aircrafts
carried passengers on their board when landing at the Szymany
airport.
Adam Bodnar, Secretary of the Board of the HFHR, pointed out
that the information obtained by the Foundation had not been
previously submitted to the European
Parliament in relation to its investigation.
Official investigation was launched in Poland in August 2008
by the National Prosecution Office. Yet the Office pointed out
that it should not be expected to draw the investigation quickly
to the end.
Documents: HFHR Press Release http://www.hfhr.org.pl/cia/images/stories/PRESS%20RELEASE%202.pdf
Letter from the Border Guard Office to the HFHR (translation)
http://www.hfhr.org.pl/cia/images/stories/Letter_23_07_2010.pdf
Specification of arrivals and departures of CIA aircrafts on
the Polish territory, 2002-2005 (updated July 2010): http://www.hfhr.org.pl/cia/images/stories/Data_flights_eng.pdf
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