SIPDIS
SIPDIS
Classified By: DCM Hugo Llorens; Reasons 1.4 (B) and (D)
took place.
¶7. (C) The National Court prosecutor handling the CIA flights
case, Vicente Gonzalez Mota (strictly protect), indicated to
Legat that the prosecutors do not intend to request
information on this case from the Embassy or from the USG in
general. He said that the National Court prosecutors did not
impede Judge Moreno's request to declassify the MOD or CNI
records because it was clear that those records did not
contain any incriminating or even particularly sensitive
information. (NOTE: Vicente Gonzalez Mota is also the
principal liaison to the Embassy for the Bilateral Counter
Terrorism Experts Working Group. END NOTE). A January 31
news report indicates that Gonzalez Mota filed a judcicial
assistance request to Swiss authorities for any information
(NFI) gathered by prosecutors in Bern that might have a
bearing on the Spanish CIA flights investigation.
investigators.
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