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President Bush said the CIA had used an "alternative set of procedures" during interrogation (Photo: Irish Presidency)

Bush CIA jail admission could pose fresh EU questions

US president George W. Bush has admitted that his country's intelligence service, the CIA, runs secret prisons for terrorist suspects, in remarks set to re-focus attention on the issue among MEPs and other European politicians.

The US president on Wednesday (6 September) gave a televised speech in which he announced that 14 top terrorist suspects will be transferred from the CIA facilities to the Guantanamo Bay camp to face military tribunals, if the US Congress approves.

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President Bush said the CIA had used an "alternative set of procedures" during interrogation (Photo: Irish Presidency)

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