t r u t h o u t - Council of Europe to Probe Alleged CIA Jails: "Brussels - The Council of Europe has opened an investigation into reports of secret CIA detention centers in Romania and Poland, a European Commission spokesman said on Tuesday.

    

The decision follows a Washington Post report earlier this month which said the US intelligence agency has been hiding and interrogating al Qaeda captives at secret facilities in Eastern Europe.

    

The detention centers are part of a covert global prison system that included sites in eight countries and was set up after the September 11, 2001 attacks, the Washington Post said.

    

'We understand that the Legal Affairs Committee of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly has appointed its chairperson, Dick Marty,' said Friso Roscam-Abbing, justice and home affairs spokesman for the European Union executive.

    

The Council of Europe is the continent's top human rights watchdog and includes the European Court of Human Rights."

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