Kasčiūnas Urges Social Democrats to Investigate Potential CIA Prison in Lithuania

Laurynas Kasčiūnas is calling on Lithuania's governing Social Democrats to take the lead in investigating the possibility of a former CIA prison operating within the country. Kasčiūnas believes that Lithuania must thoroughly assess its past actions related to this issue.

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Lithuania must evaluate its actions.

He argues that a parliamentary inquiry would be too limited in scope and likely lack crucial information from the United States. Therefore, Kasčiūnas proposes that the prosecutor's office should conduct the investigation. An alternative suggestion is for the government to launch its own inquiry.

Kasčiūnas pointed to a U.S. Senate report that reportedly contains information about cash payments made to Lithuanian officials. He also raised the question of whether the country's top leaders were aware of any potential CIA prison activities during their tenure.

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an investigation in the Seimas would be limited; information from the US would be lacking.

The CIA, which stands for the Central Intelligence Agency, is the primary foreign intelligence service of the United States federal government. The existence and operations of such facilities have been a subject of international scrutiny and debate.

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whether state leaders were informed about the possible prison's activities.