c.i.a. shuts down its secret prisons...

the US has stopped running its global network of secret prisons, CIA director leon panetta has announced. "CIA no longer operates detention facilities or black sites," mr. panetta said in a letter to staff. remaining sites would be decommissioned, he said. the "black sites" were used to detain terrorism suspects, some of whom were subjected to interrogation methods described by many as torture. president obama vowed to shut down the facilities shortly after taking office. // 04.09.09, bbc news