Strong cooperation between CIA and Gaddafi’s intelligence

Citing documents found at the Libyan External Security agency’s headquarters, US media reports how, under the George Bush administration, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) took terror suspect to Libya for interrogation. It would also suggest which questions to ask.

The New York Times reported that the CIA sent terrorism suspects at least eight times for questioning in Libya, despite the country’s reputation for torture. The paper added that Libya would in return ask for the CIA to locate an opposition leader, Abu Abdullah al-Sadiq.

But from the document, Human Rights Watch has learned that ‘Sadiq’ was a code name for Abdel Hakim Belhaj who is now a military leader for the Libyan rebels.

In 2004, when Moussa Koussa was head of the Libyan intelligence, the CIA also moved to set up a permanent presence in Libya.

Wall Street Journal also quoted an unnamed US official who said Libya was breaking diplomatic ice with the West.

The Independent, a British daily, also carried a story over secret document discovered in Koussa’s office which showed ties between Britain and Libya. The documents revealed how Britain passed details of exiled opponents to Gaddafi’s spies.