As has been ascertained in the course of our journalist investigation, the specialized CIA prison on Ukrainian soil for people suspected of terrorist activities against the US (see our news item of March 6) was really set up at Military Unit 12747 stationed at Makarov-1 Garrison (Kievo-Sviatoshinski District, Kiev Region), by personal order of the Ukrainian Minister of Defense.
It may be justly assumed that the Minister of Defense could have received such an order only from the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, that is, directly from Ukrainian president V. Yushchenko.
As for the choice of the location for the prison, it was by no means accidental. It was at Makarov-1 that former Facility "C" was situated. At the time of the USSR, it was used to store and service nuclear warheads, and it was distinct from other military facilities by its special regimen, engineering rig-up and organization of security and defense. Though nuclear warheads had been removed from the facility a long time ago, the local population habitually take any activity at the facility as being highly secret.
Our sources have also found out that all military personnel and civilians of the construction/repair firm who had taken part in building and providing security for the CIA prison had been warned about high secrecy of the activities conducted at the facility and responsibility for disclosure of any information about it. And, according to our sources, the authors of the project had been cautions enough not to mention during their personnel briefing one very important and fundamental detail: all work was done in secret from Ukrainian parliament and in breach of the country's Constitution.
To be continued...
It may be justly assumed that the Minister of Defense could have received such an order only from the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, that is, directly from Ukrainian president V. Yushchenko.
As for the choice of the location for the prison, it was by no means accidental. It was at Makarov-1 that former Facility "C" was situated. At the time of the USSR, it was used to store and service nuclear warheads, and it was distinct from other military facilities by its special regimen, engineering rig-up and organization of security and defense. Though nuclear warheads had been removed from the facility a long time ago, the local population habitually take any activity at the facility as being highly secret.
Our sources have also found out that all military personnel and civilians of the construction/repair firm who had taken part in building and providing security for the CIA prison had been warned about high secrecy of the activities conducted at the facility and responsibility for disclosure of any information about it. And, according to our sources, the authors of the project had been cautions enough not to mention during their personnel briefing one very important and fundamental detail: all work was done in secret from Ukrainian parliament and in breach of the country's Constitution.
To be continued...
