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diff --git a/journal_import/2013-06-12-on-8-january-2006-the-swiss-newspaper.rst b/journal_import/2013-06-12-on-8-january-2006-the-swiss-newspaper.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..329d55c --- /dev/null +++ b/journal_import/2013-06-12-on-8-january-2006-the-swiss-newspaper.rst @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +Quote +##### +:date: 2013-06-12 23:31:42 +:author: bnewbold +:category: quote +:slug: 2013-06-12-on-8-january-2006-the-swiss-newspaper +:status: published + +On 8 January 2006, the Swiss newspaper Sonntagsblick (Sunday edition of +the Blick newspaper) published a secret report produced by the Swiss +government using data intercepted by Onyx. The report described a fax +sent by the Egyptian department of Foreign Affairs to the Egyptian +Embassy in London, and described the existence of secret detention +facilities ("black sites") run by the CIA in Eastern Europe. The Swiss +government did not officially confirm the existence of the report, but +started a military judiciary procedure for leakage of secret documents +against the newspaper on 9 January 2006. While the authenticity of the +fax was implicitly confirmed during the trial, the reporter and +newspaper were cleared of all charges on 17 April 2007. + +— `Wikipedia: Onyx (interception +system) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onyx_(interception_system)#Intercepted_black_sites_fax>`__ + +.. raw:: html + + </p> |