WASHINGTON – More than seven years ago, a suspected Afghan militant was brought to a dimly lit CIA compound northeast of the airport in Kabul. The CIA called it the Salt Pit. Inmates knew it as the dark prison. Inside a chilly cell, the man was shackled and left half-naked. He was found dead, exposed to the cold, in the early hours of Nov. 20, 2002. More>>
CIA Sets Example for China
Interestingly, there was a parallel story out of China at the beginning of 2008: "Escapee reveals illegal appellant prison in Beijing." A Chinese man was arrested and tortured after appealing for an investigation into his 15-year-old son's death in China. Xu Zhimin, from Chong-en County, Jiangxi Province, told The Epoch Times that he was taken to a special prison set up for the many appellants who go to Beijing to protest against injustices. According to Xu, this prison was specially set up by local provincial offices in Beijing... When they are found, they are kidnapped and locked in illegal prisons, which are not a formal part of China's judicial and peanl system. Appellants call them "dark prisons." More>>Google: An Inside Job?
