A casualty in the war on terror

By Nathaniel Heller

Europe's relations with U.S. undermined by apparent complicity on CIA prisons

Excerpts from this story referencing "Poland":

"… s a stopover to and from the CIA secret prisons.Governments in Romania and Poland have been facing virulent public criticism because of allegations from bot …"

Renditions vs. rights

By Marina Walker Guevara

Jordan's apparent willingness to participate in transfers of suspects trumps poor record on human rights

Excerpts from this story referencing "Poland":

"… ent of Coalition Support Funds, behind fellow key U.S. allies Pakistan and Poland.Jordan also benefits from another post-9/11 program, the Pentagon's Region …"

Billions in aid, with no accountability

By Sarah Fort and Sarah Fort

Pakistan receives the most post-9/11 U.S. military funding, yet has failed to ferret out al Qaeda, Taliban leaders

Excerpts from this story referencing "Poland":

"… receiving more than 10 times the amount that went to the No. 2 recipient, Poland — and that there is scant documentation of how the money was used.Pakist …"

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Ukraine’s ‘lost’ cigarettes flood Europe

By Vlad Lavrov

Big tobacco’s overproduction fuels $2 billion black market

Excerpts from this story referencing "Poland":

"… led Ukrainian smokes take place not in Ukraine but in neighboring Romania, Poland, and Hungary.Blame GameAttracted by high smoking rates and the potential f …"

"… ly cigarettes to a wholesaler that has a huge warehouse in the border with Poland — it’s obvious where those cigarettes are going to go.”Internet merc …"

The Montenegro connection

By Leo Sisti

Love, tobacco, and the mafia

Excerpts from this story referencing "Poland":

"… co smuggling has largely been replaced with new routes from Russia, China, Poland, and Ukraine. But the years of black market activity, allegedly presided o …"

Made to be smuggled

Russian contraband cigarettes ‘flooding’ EU

Excerpts from this story referencing "Poland":

"… erritory annexed by the Soviet Union after World War II and wedged between Poland and Lithuania. The freewheeling Russian exclave is known as a hotspot for …"

"… liningrad, BTF’s cigarettes are smuggled by the billion directly through Poland, or routed more circuitously through Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, and Russi …"

"… riminal networks in at least 12 countries — Germany, the United Kingdom, Poland, Latvia, Romania, Greece, Turkey, Italy, Bulgaria, the Netherlands, Belgiu …"

"… this amount.Jin Ling from Kaliningrad started trickling into Lithuania and Poland during 2005. The first large-scale contraband shipment found entering the …"

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Going undercover

Inside Baltic Tobacco’s smuggling empire

Excerpts from this story referencing "Poland":

"… o ask questions about smuggling. The Russian territory, sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania, went into rapid and cataclysmic decline after the break up …"

"… out 250 million cigarettes annually, at the two main border crossings into Poland — the same amount of smuggled Jin Lings seized in all of the E.U. last y …"

"… usiness. As at other border crossings between Russia and the EU nations of Poland, Latvia, and Lithuania, cigarettes are not only smuggled through in full c …"

Missile defenses hobbled by uncertainties

By R. Jeffrey Smith

GAO report suggests the timetable for $80 billion missile defense effort may be driven by wishful thinking.

Excerpts from this story referencing "broadband devices":

"… adband communications, the GAO notes. As a result, either the radio or the broadband devices will need modification.It’s not hard to imagine that, given a choice bet …"

FACT CHECK: Romney Hijacks Credibility

By FactCheck.Org

A new RNC ad claims a Republican operative's editorial is real news

Secret US detention program had many foreign collaborators

By Douglas Birch

A new report details the involvement of dozens of countries in rough treatment, without accountability

Excerpts from this story referencing "Poland":

"… Britain, Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Afghanistan, Lithuania, Morocco, Poland, Romania and Thailand all hosted CIA “black sites,” or secret prisons, …"

"… tigating its alleged CIA prison near the town of Szczytno in north eastern Poland, and the European Court of Human Rights has ordered the declassification o …"

"… s deputy foreign minister warned that release of the documents would limit Poland’s ability to cooperate with the investigation. After President Obama to …"

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