Swiss govt is to investigate the leak of secret document about CIA detainment camps in Europe.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The head of a European investigation into alleged CIA prisons in Europe said Tuesday the purported Egyptian government document naming countries where such prisons existed is a new lead which must be followed up.

But Dick Marty, a Swiss senator leading the probe on behalf of the Council of Europe, said it was still not clear that the document — a fax reportedly sent by satellite transmission from Egypt's Foreign Ministry to its embassy in London — was genuine.

The document's existence was reported Sunday by the Swiss weekly SonnstagsBlick. The fax, intercepted Nov. 15 by Swiss intelligence, reportedly said Egypt had confirmed through its own sources that the U.S. intelligence agency had held 23 terror suspects from Iraq and Afghanistan at a military base in Romania.

It also said there were similar U.S. detention centers in Ukraine, Kosovo, Macedonia and Bulgaria, according to the Swiss newspaper, which printed a copy of a Swiss summary of the fax.

In Bern, The Swiss Federal Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday opened an investigation into the leak.

The Federal Prosecutor's Office is investigating a possible breach of official secrets by the editor of SonntagsBlick as well as two journalists at the newspaper, Prosecutor's spokesman Hansjuerg Mark Wiedmer told The Associated Press.

Publishing a secret document can be a violation of Swiss law punishable by a fine or imprisonment. Switzerland's Defense Ministry has already launched an investigation into the leak.

I didnt know the Swiss had such laws about the leaking of the document and how the Swiss got it. Anyways, guess the people who are against the supposedly secret camps in Europe are mad that this is leaked especially the Swiss and want to find out how who did it because of fear of their own sources on where the CIA is keeping secret detainees. Ironic.

I have one question..

What are your sources on that?

Sounds kinda James Bond to me.

Originally posted by EastCoastKid
I have one question..

What are your sources on that?

Sounds kinda James Bond to me.

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[edit on 10-1-2006 by deltaboy]

Originally posted by deltaboy

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Muchas gracias.