Has Europe become “a happy hunting ground” for foreign security services? Two investigations by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe into the High Value Detainee (HVD) programme set up by the US Administration after the attacks of 9/11 have gathered striking eye-witness accounts and revealed the global “spider’s web” spun by the CIA. The so-called “extraordinary renditions” programme has resulted in numerous serious human rights violations. It has only been able to function through the co-operation of certain Council of Europe member states, despite the fact that they are bound by European human rights Conventions. -- Council of Europe Publishing, 2008 -- ISBN 978-82-871-6419-3
