European Parliament Debate on CIA Interrogation Report
Members of the European Parliament debated the role European Union countries may have played in facilitating the Central Intelligence Agency… read more
Members of the European Parliament debated the role European Union countries may have played in facilitating the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) use of enhanced interrogation techniques following the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. Several members welcomed the release of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on those techniques, but condemned the various forms of enhanced interrogation techniques. Some members argued that torture is a criminal act and that the EU should take further action and press charges against those involved. Others commented on the divisions within the U.S. over the release of the report and on Europe’s future relations with the U.S. close
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- Jonathan Arnott Member United Kingdom
- Elmar Brok Member Germany
- Kostas Chrysogonos Member Greece
- Benedetto Della Vedova Minister Italy->Foreign Affairs
- Mark Demesmaeker Member Belgium
- Tanja Fajon Member Slovenia
- Laura Ferrara Member Italy
- Hans-Olaf Henkel Member Germany
- Eva Joly Member France
- Sajjad Karim Member United Kingdom
- Afzal Khan Member United Kingdom
- Jean Lambert Member United Kingdom
- Alexander Graf Lambsdorff Vice President Germany
- Angelika Mlinar Member Austria
- Krisztina Morvai Non-Attached Member Hungary
- Urmas Paet Member Estonia
- Judith Sargentini Member Netherlands
- Birgit Sippel Member Germany
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