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Tony Blair knew in detail about the CIAs secret kidnap and interrogation programme after the September 11 attacks and was kept informed every step of the way by MI6, a security source has told The Telegraph.
Mr Blair, the then prime minister, and Jack Straw, his foreign secretary, were fully briefed on CIA activities and were shown now infamous Bush administration legal opinions that declared enhanced interrogation techniques such as waterboarding and stress positions to be legal, the source said.
The politicians took a very active interest indeed. They wanted to know everything. The Americans passed over the legal opinions saying that this was now 'legal, and our politicians were aware of what was going on at the highest possible level.
The politicians knew in detail about everything the torture and the rendition. They could have said [to M16] 'stop it, do not get involved, but at no time did they, said the source, who has direct and detailed knowledge of the transatlantic relations during that period.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/tony-blair/10747166/Tony-Blair-knew-all-about-CIA-secret-kidnap-programme.html
dhill926
(16,234 posts)as a cellmate .
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)British Labor party partners with extreme republicans.
Democrats partner with extreme tories.
The common agenda of empire, transcending politics?
It's a strange world.
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)Margaret Thatcher said Tony Blair and New Labour was her greatest achievement, and she was right,
http://tony-benn.blogspot.dk/
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)It's a strange world.
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)He knew Blair had sold out Labour and said it.
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)Tony's post office career has left no doubt where he was coming from. I'll check him out.
My comment was that unfortunately Reagan could make a similar claim to changing the american landscape.
malaise
(267,791 posts)and they know it