The Poles Get It - Again
Poland has closed it's investigation into the alleged "secret CIA prison" within Poland.
Government spokesman Konrad Ciesiolkiewicz would not comment on any findings made by the probe, which Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz ordered in early December.
"The case was closed last week," Ciesiolkiewicz said.
He said Zbigniew Wassermann, the minister in charge of intelligence services, coordinated the investigation. Wassermann's report was delivered to a parliamentary commission in a closed-door session last week. Members of the panel declared themselves fully satisfied and decided to drop any further investigation.
The spokesman said the government does not plan a separate announcement of the findings.
To the Polish goverment's credit, the hearings were conducted behind closed doors and not in the media. The Poles understand what should be obvious -- that national security and intelligence issues sometimes require a closed door policy. Polish officials are satisfied, case closed. No need to grandstand, air dirty laundry, and level hyperbolic charges. Our minority party could take some lessons from the Poles. This is yet another example of Polish people grasping the price and worth of freedom far better than their Western European counterparts.
UPDATE: And again...
Poland's government on Tuesday asked President Lech Kaczynski to keep the country's troops in Iraq for another year, reversing plans by a previous government to bring them home in early 2006. (Full Story)
Deputy Defense Minister Stanislaw Koziej said troop levels would be cut from around 1,500 to 900 in March.
Government spokesman Konrad Ciesiolkiewicz would not comment on any findings made by the probe, which Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz ordered in early December.
"The case was closed last week," Ciesiolkiewicz said.
He said Zbigniew Wassermann, the minister in charge of intelligence services, coordinated the investigation. Wassermann's report was delivered to a parliamentary commission in a closed-door session last week. Members of the panel declared themselves fully satisfied and decided to drop any further investigation.
The spokesman said the government does not plan a separate announcement of the findings.
To the Polish goverment's credit, the hearings were conducted behind closed doors and not in the media. The Poles understand what should be obvious -- that national security and intelligence issues sometimes require a closed door policy. Polish officials are satisfied, case closed. No need to grandstand, air dirty laundry, and level hyperbolic charges. Our minority party could take some lessons from the Poles. This is yet another example of Polish people grasping the price and worth of freedom far better than their Western European counterparts.
UPDATE: And again...
Poland's government on Tuesday asked President Lech Kaczynski to keep the country's troops in Iraq for another year, reversing plans by a previous government to bring them home in early 2006. (Full Story)
Deputy Defense Minister Stanislaw Koziej said troop levels would be cut from around 1,500 to 900 in March.
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