U.S. warns against EU's CIA flight probe

[maddezmom]

BRUSSELS, Belgium - A senior U.S. administration official on Wednesday warned that ongoing inquiries into secret CIA activities in the European Union may undermine intelligence cooperation between the United States and European nations.

The European Parliament accused Britain, Poland, Italy and other nations in mid-February of colluding with the CIA to transport terror suspects to clandestine prisons in third countries.

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"I do think these continuing investigations can harm intelligence cooperation, that's simply a fact of life," Bellinger told reporters after meeting legal advisers to EU governments in Brussels.

EU parliamentarians have rejected Bellinger's criticism and called on the United States to address concerns that some flights have carried kidnapped terror suspects.

"People are imprisoned without being tried first. That is unacceptable. (The U.S.) should open up to us and tell us where they're flying and who they're carrying," said Kathalijne Buitenweg, a Dutch member of the European Parliament.

more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070228/ap_on_re_eu/eu_us_cia

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. why do I smell Rice's fingers all over this?

could it be that every other failure in diplomacy and the war on terra leads to her?

[marmar]

2. ""I do think these continuing investigations can harm intelligence cooperation,"

The State Department's usual buffet of bullshit. I hope the EU doesn't buy it.

[POAS]

3. non-cooperation would

hurt us more that them.

What we don't need to keep tabs on terrorists is isolation.

[rodeodance]

4. I hate a bully!

[Benhurst]

5. It's not nice to question the Fourth Reich.

:patriot:

[saigon68]

6. The Chimp's and Rice's hero

[Peace Patriot]

7. The EU...a well-known "axis of evil." LOL.

The headlines today are barrels of laughs.

Bioweapons in Cuba.
EU threatening the war on terra. (oops, didn't mean earth...ahem... meant ter-roar.)

[Supersedeas]

8. my way...my way...or we will take our ball and bat and you do whatevvvvvvver

filthy little snotty nosed brats

[Marie26]

9. Now who could that "senior Administration official" be?

Could it be... Cheney? We already know he warned reporters on his little junket to only refer to him as a "senior Ad. official," and we know he really likes warning &/or threatening people.

[Vidar]

10. As if a continuing CIA presence is a benefit to the EU.

[otherlander]

11. I'm picturing a fly on the back of a horse

going, "I'm warning you! I'm warning you, don't do that, or I'll have no choice but to fight you!"

[struggle4progress]

12. k-n-r