Spies told to reveal instructions which 'turned blind eye to torture'

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Source: Daily Mail

Sunday, Jun 27 2010
Spies told to reveal instructions which 'turned blind eye to torture'

By Abul Taher
Last updated at 12:39 AM on 27th June 2010

MI5 and MI6 have been ordered by a High Court judge to release secret guidelines which human rights groups claim instructed spies to turn a blind eye to the torture of British terror suspects abroad.

The guidelines will be released to six British former Guantanamo Bay detainees who are suing the Government for allegedly being complicit in their torture by the Americans.

The guidelines were issued to agents in 2002 and 2004.

‘We believe they will reveal a policy of complicity to torture, which explains all these cases over the years of MI5 agents knowing a Briton is being tortured but doing nothing about it,’ said Katherine O’Shea of Reprieve, a charity which has given legal help to former Guantanamo Bay detainees.

The release is likely to damage David Miliband, the front-runner to become Labour leader. As Foreign Secretary, he told Parliament that the Government was never complicit in the torture of Britons abroad.




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[papadog]

1. Yeow, this will sting here if true.

Of course we'll have to see if it comes to fruition. Like other cases before the Government can classify anything and claim states secrets even if its only to keep from getting embarrassed.

[unhappycamper]

3. Embarrassement is a shitty reason to classify something secret.

We do it all the time, but it is embarrassing.

[hootinholler]

7. Emabarassment is an illegal reason to classify something. n/t

[papadog]

8. How much did it cost us so General Westmoerland wouldn't be embarassed?

This situation is eerilly similar to the Viet Nam War in the sense that there is no end in sight and niether party wants to be the one to concedes defeat. So the band plays on, and our children die.

[Solly Mack]

2. k/r

[Proletariatprincess]

4. It seems to me that the Brits eventually come to grips with their atrocities

...the USA never does. I have heard it said, with some credibility, that the English have a innate sense of justice. Maybe that is why Ghandi was successful in appealing to that sense to free India from the Imperial yoke.
Even though US Law is based upon English Common Law, I dont have the same confidence that justice will be served.

[Papa Boule]

10. +1

[SILVER__FOX52]

5. The US government and their lap dogs

are an embarrassment to humanity and a stain on human behavior.

[midnight]

6. OOps.

[LeighAnn]

9. Kick it!

Make 'em pay
:nuke:

[leftstreet]

11. K&R

[defendandprotect]

12. K&R