In Europe, a new report by the European Parliament has concluded 11 European countries “cooperated actively or passively” with the secret CIA practice known as extraordinary rendition. The investigation found more than 1,200 CIA flights went through European airspace or landed at one of its airports. The report echoes the earlier conclusions of an inquiry by the Council of Europe, Europe’s top human rights body. While that report was based mostly on news reports and other public information, European Parliament investigators obtained records of a meeting of European and NATO foreign ministers from December of last year. The records show the participants, including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, acknowledged the CIA transferred prisoners and operated secret prisons on European soil.