Bush detainee admission draws EU fire - U.S. President George W. Bush's acknowledging of secret CIA ...

BRUSSELS (UPI) -- U.S. President George W. Bush's acknowledging of secret CIA prisons in Europe has drawn heated criticism from European officials.

Council of Europe President Rene van der Linden, Europe's top human rights official, called the practice 'criminal' and said 'Europe will have no part in such a degrading system.'

The vice-chair of the European Parliament's special committee investigating CIA prisons in Europe, Sarah Ludford, said Bush's disclosure also puts European leaders who had dismissed such 'extraordinary rendition' claims in a bad light.

The Bush admission triggered negative comment from European lawmakers and civil rights officials who had long called for the United States to admit such a clandestine network of prisons, Deutsche Welle said.

In July, the EU parliament voted to continue its investigation into CIA secret prisons for another six months.

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