Aleksander Kwasniewski | intelNews.org

News you may have missed #522 (European Union edition)

Did Tunisian dictator have vast spy network in France? News website Mediapart reports that ousted Tunisian dictator Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali put in place a complex intelligence network to spy on Tunisian residents in France.
‘At least 15 countries’ spying on Sweden. A report by Swedish intelligence service SAPO states that over fifteen countries are systematically conducting intelligence operations against Sweden, in Sweden or against Swedish interests overseas. Did someone say USA?
Poland’s president didn’t know about CIA prisons. The CIA detained terrorist suspects in Poland without the knowledge of the then president Aleksander Kwasniewski, high-ranking political sources have told a leading Polish newspaper.

Assessing CIA role in detainee deaths will not be easy, because of bureaucratic barriers, say some intelligence insiders.
Polish ex-president denies he was communist spy. Aleksander Kwasniewski, President of Poland from 1995 to 2005, has denied allegations that he worked with Polish spy agencies during the country’s communist period. Lech Walesa faced similar claims earlier this year.
Are doctors involved in CIA waterboarding guilty of war crimes? A report by Physicians for Human Rights says doctors supervising CIA torture committed war crimes under the Geneva Convention.