Evidence of CIA flights

26th February 2010

Two leading human rights groups claimed that they have official evidence that shadowy CIA flights from Afghanistan touched down in Poland despite denials from former ministers.

The Helsinki Foundation and the Open Society Justice Initiative said they had documents from the Air Navigation Services Agency that confirmed a number of CIA aircraft linked to the clandestine transport of detainees had used a Polish airfield between 2002 and 2005.   

“The disclosure marks the first time a Polish government agency has confirmed, on the record, that aircraft associated with the CIA landed repeatedly at Szymany Airport, close to a suspected CIA secret detention and interrogation site for 'hi ...