Gardaí probed three CIA kidnap claims

THE gardaí investigated three allegations relating to CIA flights transporting kidnapped terror suspects through Shannon Airport, the Government confirmed yesterday.

Files on two of the complaints were considered serious enough to be sent to the DPP but no action was taken because of a lack of evidence.

The information was part of a 24-page report sent by the Department of Foreign Affairs to the Council of Europe committee investigating allegations of secret prisons and covert CIA flights in Europe.