European foreign ministers said Thursday that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had “cleared the air” by assuring
NATO allies that the U.S. does not allow torture of terrorist suspects and respects principles of the Geneva Conventions on the treatment of prisoners of war. Shifting away from a confrontation with Washington, some NATO allies welcomed Rice’s explanation of U.S. views on secret prisons and treatment of terrorist suspects at a private dinner Wednesday with her NATO and European Union counterparts. Full Story
