Donald Trump
The President of the United States Donald trump instructed to explore the possibility of resumption of secret CIA prisons outside the country. About it reports Associated Press with reference to the disposal of the President.
The document requires high-ranking intelligence officers to make recommendations about the need for the continuation of a program of interrogation, an influential terrorists-foreigners who will be held outside the USA in special places of detention, and the expediency of such prisons run by the CIA.
In the request of the President of the United States emphasized the need to respect American laws, precluding the use of torture.
As indicated earlier, the order of the head of state also may lead to rejection of the idea of closing the Guantanamo Bay prison.
On 15 November last year, the international criminal court (ICC) accused the us military and CIA in war crimes in Afghanistan. According to the report, we are talking about torture, rape and other abuse.
Also documented cases of improper treatment of 27 prisoners by the CIA in Afghanistan and other member countries of the ICC: Poland, Romania and Lithuania. We are talking about the period from December 2002 to March 2008, most episodes also took place in 2003-2004.
On 16 June, the CIA declassified 50 documents with descriptions of torture applied to suspected of involvement in terrorism after 11 September 2001.
The Guantanamo prison camp for suspects by the US authorities in various crimes, mainly terrorism, waging war on the enemy side, permanently leased US naval base in guantánamo Bay (Cuba). 21 Jan 2009 President Barack Obama signed a decree to disband the prison. The camp was closed during the year. However, the President’s decision was not enforced, the prison continues to operate.