A real estate property will be put for sale soon in Lithuania. What is unique&nbsp;about it that it earlier used to be a ‘black site’. &nbsp;

At this notorious site, terror suspects used to be kept in solitary confinement by the spy agency of the US, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

According to the terminology, a black site means a place, where an unacknowledged black operation is conducted.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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The menacing steel barn, which is also known as Project No 2 or Detention Site Violet, is located outside Lithuanian capital of Vilnius. &nbsp; &nbsp;

On Monday, the government’s real estate fund said that it was preparing to sell the former “black site” for an unknown price. This fund handles assets that are no longer needed by the state. &nbsp;&nbsp;

It was a part of Washington’s secret 'extraordinary rendition' programme, where suspected Islamist militants from conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq were captured and held in jails outside the US. &nbsp;

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The 10-room building served as a detention centre in 2005 and 2006 for the US. It was closed in 2006. It has windowless and soundproofed rooms. This facility has its own power generator and water supply. &nbsp;

The now-empty rooms in this facility are dominated by fluorescent lighting and the hum of air conditioning. &nbsp;&nbsp;

(With inputs from agencies)&nbsp;

A real estate property will be put for sale soon in Lithuania. What is unique about it that it earlier used to be a ‘black site’. At this notorious site, terror suspects used to be kept in solitary confinement by the spy agency of the US, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

A real estate property will be put for sale soon in Lithuania. What is unique about it that it earlier used to be a ‘black site’. At this notorious site, terror suspects used to be kept in solitary confinement by the spy agency of the US, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). According to the terminology, a black site means a place, where an unacknowledged black operation is conducted. Also Read: War may loom, but are there off-ramps? The menacing steel barn, which is also known as Project No 2 or Detention Site Violet, is located outside Lithuanian capital of Vilnius. On Monday, the government’s real estate fund said that it was preparing to sell the former “black site” for an unknown price. This fund handles assets that are no longer needed by the state. It was a part of Washington’s secret 'extraordinary rendition' programme, where suspected Islamist militants from conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq were captured and held in jails outside the US. Also Read: Watch: US President Joe Biden calls reporter 'stupid son of a b****' on hot mic. Find out why The 10-room building served as a detention centre in 2005 and 2006 for the US. It was closed in 2006. It has windowless and soundproofed rooms. This facility has its own power generator and water supply. The now-empty rooms in this facility are dominated by fluorescent lighting and the hum of air conditioning. (With inputs from agencies)

A ‘black site’ to go up for sale in Lithuania. Find out what is it

Former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden on Tuesday slammed the Trump administration over picking Gina Haspel as head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Snowden attacked Haspel for her role in the 2002 torture of detainees at a secret CIA prison in Thailand which is dubbed as a &quot;black site.&quot;

&quot;Interesting: The new CIA Director Haspel, who &quot;tortured some folks,&quot; probably can&#39;t travel to the EU to meet other spy chiefs without facing arrest due to an @ECCHRBerlin complaint to Germany&#39;s federal prosecutor,&quot; Snowden tweeted.

Haspel, who is a career intelligence officer and joined the CIA in 1985, reportedly oversaw a black site prison in Thailand where terrorism suspects were tortured.

She briefly ran the prison in 2002, according to the Guardian.

Haspel oversaw the torture of two terrorism suspects and her name was on a cable giving instructions to destroy video evidence documenting their interrogations, according to the Times.

One of the suspects was reportedly waterboarded 83 times in one month.

Haspel, who would be the first female director of the agency, if the US Senate confirms, will likely face questioning in her Senate confirmation for her involvement in the Thailand incident.

In an another Twitter post, Snowden, the whistleblower, who fled the country after exposing classified information in 2013 about US surveillance programs, wrote, &quot;Are these really the values the US should be promoting? The CIA might as well start issuing uniforms decorated with skulls and lightning bolts.&quot;

On Tuesday, Trump made an announcement that Haspel would replace CIA Director Mike Pompeo.

Pompeo is set to take over for Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, whom Trump has fired.

&quot;Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will become our new Secretary of State,&quot; Trump wrote, &quot;He will do a fantastic job! Thank you to Rex Tillerson for his service! Gina Haspel will become the new Director of the CIA, and the first woman so chosen. Congratulations to all!&quot;

Snowden attacked Haspel for her role in the 2002 torture of detainees at a secret CIA prison in Thailand which is dubbed as a 'black site'

Former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden on Tuesday slammed the Trump administration over picking Gina Haspel as head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Snowden attacked Haspel for her role in the 2002 torture of detainees at a secret CIA prison in Thailand which is dubbed as a "black site." "Interesting: The new CIA Director Haspel, who "tortured some folks," probably can't travel to the EU to meet other spy chiefs without facing arrest due to an @ECCHRBerlin complaint to Germany's federal prosecutor," Snowden tweeted. Haspel, who is a career intelligence officer and joined the CIA in 1985, reportedly oversaw a black site prison in Thailand where terrorism suspects were tortured. She briefly ran the prison in 2002, according to the Guardian. Haspel oversaw the torture of two terrorism suspects and her name was on a cable giving instructions to destroy video evidence documenting their interrogations, according to the Times. One of the suspects was reportedly waterboarded 83 times in one month. Haspel, who would be the first female director of the agency, if the US Senate confirms, will likely face questioning in her Senate confirmation for her involvement in the Thailand incident. In an another Twitter post, Snowden, the whistleblower, who fled the country after exposing classified information in 2013 about US surveillance programs, wrote, "Are these really the values the US should be promoting? The CIA might as well start issuing uniforms decorated with skulls and lightning bolts." On Tuesday, Trump made an announcement that Haspel would replace CIA Director Mike Pompeo. Pompeo is set to take over for Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, whom Trump has fired. "Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will become our new Secretary of State," Trump wrote, "He will do a fantastic job! Thank you to Rex Tillerson for his service! Gina Haspel will become the new Director of the CIA, and the first woman so chosen. Congratulations to all!"

Snowden slams Trump's CIA pick over 'black site'

US&nbsp;President Donald Trump is expected to order a review that could lead to the reinstatement of a CIA program to hold terrorist suspects in secret overseas &quot;black site&quot; prisons that used interrogation techniques often condemned as torture, two US&nbsp;officials said on Wednesday.

The black sites were used to detain suspects who were captured in the &quot;war on terrorism&quot; launched by former President George W&nbsp;Bush after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

The now defunct program&#39;s Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, which included simulated drowning known as &quot;water boarding&quot;, were criticised around the world. Former President Barack Obama and other senior US&nbsp;officials denounced water boarding as torture.

The officials said Trump is expected to issue an executive order in the next few days. It would call for a high-level review into &quot;whether to reinitiate a program of interrogation of high-value alien terrorists to be operated outside the United States&nbsp;and whether the CIA should run the facilities,&quot; according to a copy of the draft published by the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/white-house-draft-order-calls-for-review-on-use-of-cia-black-sites-overseas/2017/01/25/e4318970-e310-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html?utm_term=.e98a6f4272c5">Washington Post</a>.

&quot;There is widespread opposition in Congress, in US&nbsp;intelligence agencies and within the military to reopening black sites and revisiting the use of harsh interrogation techniques, according to the serving officers. I think this will be a step backward and I&#39;m not alone in thinking that, what he -- the path he&#39;s going down is wrong. It is not about our values as a country and don&#39;t ask me; just ask John McCain and others,&quot; said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California.

&quot;The President can sign whatever executive orders he likes. But the law is the law. We are not bringing back torture in the United States of America,&quot; Senator John McCain, a Republican, said in a statement.

Asked about the issues, Trump administration spokesman Sean Spicer said the draft was not a White House document.

The CIA black sites were located in Poland, Lithuania, Romania, Thailand and Afghanistan. In 2006, Bush ended the use of harsh interrogation techniques and closed all the blacks sites except for one in Kabul.

Trump&#39;s draft order also would authorise a review of interrogation techniques that US&nbsp;officials could use on terrorism suspects, and keep open the detention center at the US&nbsp;naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and send new prisoners there.

Trump vowed during the 2016 election campaign to resume water boarding and a &quot;hell of a lot worse&quot;.

The draft on the Washington Post web site says that, &quot;No person in the custody of the United States shall at any time be subjected to torture, or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as proscribed by US&nbsp;law&quot;.

However, the Justice Department under Trump could issue an interpretation of US&nbsp;law that allows for the use of harsh interrogation techniques as occurred in the so-called &quot;Torture Memos&quot; drafted under the Bush administration in 2002 and subsequently withdrawn.

(Reuters)

Trump vowed during the 2016 election campaign to resume water boarding and a 'hell of a lot worse'

US President Donald Trump is expected to order a review that could lead to the reinstatement of a CIA program to hold terrorist suspects in secret overseas "black site" prisons that used interrogation techniques often condemned as torture, two US officials said on Wednesday. The black sites were used to detain suspects who were captured in the "war on terrorism" launched by former President George W Bush after the September 11, 2001 attacks. The now defunct program's Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, which included simulated drowning known as "water boarding", were criticised around the world. Former President Barack Obama and other senior US officials denounced water boarding as torture. The officials said Trump is expected to issue an executive order in the next few days. It would call for a high-level review into "whether to reinitiate a program of interrogation of high-value alien terrorists to be operated outside the United States and whether the CIA should run the facilities," according to a copy of the draft published by the Washington Post. "There is widespread opposition in Congress, in US intelligence agencies and within the military to reopening black sites and revisiting the use of harsh interrogation techniques, according to the serving officers. I think this will be a step backward and I'm not alone in thinking that, what he -- the path he's going down is wrong. It is not about our values as a country and don't ask me; just ask John McCain and others," said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California. "The President can sign whatever executive orders he likes. But the law is the law. We are not bringing back torture in the United States of America," Senator John McCain, a Republican, said in a statement. Asked about the issues, Trump administration spokesman Sean Spicer said the draft was not a White House document. The CIA black sites were located in Poland, Lithuania, Romania, Thailand and Afghanistan. In 2006, Bush ended the use of harsh interrogation techniques and closed all the blacks sites except for one in Kabul. Trump's draft order also would authorise a review of interrogation techniques that US officials could use on terrorism suspects, and keep open the detention center at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and send new prisoners there. Trump vowed during the 2016 election campaign to resume water boarding and a "hell of a lot worse". The draft on the Washington Post web site says that, "No person in the custody of the United States shall at any time be subjected to torture, or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as proscribed by US law". However, the Justice Department under Trump could issue an interpretation of US law that allows for the use of harsh interrogation techniques as occurred in the so-called "Torture Memos" drafted under the Bush administration in 2002 and subsequently withdrawn. (Reuters)

Trump could reinstate CIA's secret 'black site' prisons: US officials

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