Wikileaks: U.S. Pressured Spain over CIA Rendition and Guantánamo Torture

Submitted by Anna on Sat, 12/04/2010 - 11:07

Giles Tremlett
December 4, 2010

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Leaked cables show Spanish officials and prosecutors shared information about investigations into US human rights abuses

Published by The Guardian.

US officials tried to influence Spanish prosecutors and government officials to head off court investigations into Guantánamo Bay torture allegations, secret CIA “extraordinary rendition” flights and the killing of a Spanish journalist by US troops in Iraq, according to secret US diplomatic cables.

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