black site

[ blak sahyt ]

noun

1. a location that is never publicly acknowledged as existing, where secret military and defense operations, including the detention and interrogation of suspected terrorists, are conducted out of reach of the law and normal systems of oversight:

   Thailand was likely the first country to host a CIA black site, where suspected 9/11 terrorists were detained.

black site

noun

1. a secret facility used by a country's military as a prison and interrogation centre, whose existence is denied by the government

Word History and Origins

Origin of black site¹

First recorded in 2005–10

Example Sentences

That black site program is once again at the center of controversy for the CIA.

From The Daily Beast

He shut the remaining CIA black site prisons in Europe, and handed over high-value Iraqi detainees to the Iraqi courts.

From The Daily Beast