Poland’s prime minister has ordered an investigation into whether the CIA ran secret jails for terrorist suspects there, saying the issue must be cleared up before it becomes “dangerous” for his country.

The head of Europe’s top human rights watchdog today joined an investigation into alleged secret CIA detention centres and flights in Europe, urging the governments of the Council of Europe member states to provide full information on the issue.

AT midnight on an autumn night two years ago, a mystery Boeing passenger plane with seven people carrying US passports touched down at a little-used airport deep in the pine forests of northeastern Poland, officials say.

At midnight on an autumn night two years ago, a Boeing passenger plane with seven people carrying US passports touched down at a little-used airport deep in the pine forests of north-eastern Poland, officials say.