Britain, which holds the revolving presidency of the EU, sent a two-paragraph letter to Washington on Tuesday with the request. It came after weeks of increasing concern in Europe over reports that the
CIA has detained and interrogated terrorism prisoners in Soviet-era compounds in Eastern Europe. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack would not answer questions about whether the sites exist or whether the CIA used European airports and airspace to transport suspects. He would not say whether the U.S. response to the Europeans would provide definitive answers, nor whether the U.S. response would be made public. |