Detention Site Blue

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Detention Site Blue was a clandestine CIA-operated overseas prison used in the post-9/11 rendition, detention, and interrogation program.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf CIA black site
detention facility
secret prison
accessRestrictedTo CIA personnel
alsoKnownAs Polish black site
associatedWith CIA enhanced interrogation techniques
Polish Intelligence Agency
linked to: Agencja Wywiadu

U.S. War on Terror
closureReason political pressure and exposure of CIA black sites
codeName Blue
controversy human rights abuses
lack of due process for detainees
secret cooperation of host state
country Poland
detains Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri
Abu Zubaydah
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Ramzi bin al-Shibh
other high-value detainees
endDate 2005
fundedBy Central Intelligence Agency
United States government
hostCountryAcknowledgment initially denied by Polish authorities
later partially acknowledged through court findings
involves confinement in small boxes
forced nudity
sleep deprivation
stress positions
walling
waterboarding
legalStatus found to involve torture by European Court of Human Rights
linkedTo CIA-operated aircraft landing at Szymany airport
extraordinary rendition flights
locatedIn Stare Kiejkuty
locatedNear Szczytno-Szymany Airport
operatedBy Central Intelligence Agency
operationalPeriod post-9/11 era
partOf CIA rendition, detention, and interrogation program
relatedTo Detention Site Cobalt
Guantanamo Bay detention camp
linked to: Guantánamo
securityLevel high-security facility
startDate 2002
subjectOf Al Nashiri v. Poland
European Court of Human Rights judgments
Husayn (Abu Zubaydah) v. Poland
U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on CIA detention and interrogation program
usedFor detention of terrorism suspects
enhanced interrogation
extraordinary rendition
violates European Convention on Human Rights

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CIA black sites notableFacility Detention Site Blue