Cia Black Sites

Why Trial Date for African Embassy Bombing Suspect Is Good News

Andy Worthington | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics


Andy Worthington

The government will not use any statements made by the suspect in secret prisons, nor will the evidence "be very different" from that used when his alleged co-conspirators were tried by the federal court in 2001.

Disappeared in the Name of National Security

Mohamed Farag Bashmilah | Posted 03.22.2009 | World


Mohamed Farag Bashmilah

From October 2003 until May 2005, I was illegally detained by the U.S. government and held in CIA-run "black sites" with no contact with the outside world.

Obama To Close CIA "Black Sites"

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics


President Obama is devoting his second full day in office to foreign affairs. While much attention has been paid to his plans to close the prison at G...

Inside The CIA's Black Sites: One Detainee Reports

BBC News | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


A Yemeni man has described being held for nearly three years in secret CIA prisons, or "black sites", around the world and accused the US of torture. ...