Don't know if this has appeared in the US media. I heard about it on the radio a few days ago and saw it again on the beeb website this morning.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4419960.stm

It alledges that the US government has secret prisons in overseas locations, notable eastern Europe, where it is holding detainees. The US gov is using overseas locations to skirt round human rights legislation which would apply at home and I suppose to get away from the PR turd that is Guantanamo.

It's a particularly scary story if true, the US gov is neither confirming or denying, but the CIA is taking legal steps to prosecute the source of the alledged leak.

Some scary quotes from a scary story

On Tuesday Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice averted questions on the issue, saying only that the US was in a "different kind of war" and had an obligation to defend itself.
I've always thought Rice had the appearance of a little girl in over her head doing what she was told.

Earlier on Tuesday, the US defence department issued a new directive prohibiting physical or mental torture of prisoners.
That's nice. So they HAD to issue a directive to stop it. What the hell was happening before.

Scary days. Gotta go I hear black helecopters and I've not got my tinfoil hat on.