CIA Director John Negroponte has for the first time publicly acknowledged the existence of CIA ran secret jails where Al Qaeda terrorist are kept. In an interview with Time Magazine Negroponte said that three dozen or so of the worst al-Qaeda terrorists held in secret CIA prisons are likely to remain in captivity as long as the "war on terror continues." He added, "These people are being held. And they're bad actors. And as long as this situation continues, this war on terror continues, I'm not sure I can tell you what the ultimate disposition of those detainees will be."

To remind, the information on the existence of CIA secret overseas jails appeared last September in the Washington Post. According to the newspaper, the CIA keeps there the suspects in ties with al-Qaeda. Later the European Parliament has formed a special commission for investigating the fact. The commission concluded that the planes conveying the suspects in terror have crossed Europe. They made intermediate flight stops in the European airports, specifically in the UK, Germany, Spain, Poland and Romania. Then the criminals were taken to the third states where the jurisdiction of the U.S. and Europe is invalid.

According to European Parliament representative, the number of the CIA flying jails reaches hundreds or even thousands. However, it's very hard to fix them. It should be noted that the conclusions of the commission coincide with the data furnished by some legal organizations including Amnesty International, reported Golos Rossii.