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Black site
In
military terminology
, a
black site
is a location at which an unacknowledged
black project
is conducted. Recently, the term has gained notoriety in describing secret
prisons
operated by the United States
Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA), generally outside of U.S. territory and legal
jurisdiction
. It can refer to the facilities that are controlled by the CIA and used by the
U.S. government
in its
War on Terror
to detain alleged
unlawful enemy combatants
.
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