The Center for Public Integrety - Europe's relations with U.S. undermined by apparent complicity on CIA prisons - by Nathaniel Heller

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The Center for Public Integrety - Europe's relations with U.S. undermined by apparent complicity on CIA prisons - by Nathaniel Heller

One of the most significant fallouts from the U.S. war on terror has been the strain on America's historically strong relationship with Europe.

Allegations of secret CIA prisons in Europe and European governments' complicity with the kidnappings of terror suspects (known as "extraordinary renditions") have irritated trans-Atlantic relations, stressed the NATO alliance and jeopardized U.S. national security priorities, including maintaining an international coalition in Iraq. Allegations began to surface about secret CIA prisons in Europe in late 2005, after the Washington Post revealed the existence of "black site" prisons there. By the time the European Parliament released its initial findings about the covert program in June 2006, European public outcry was swift and shrill.