New evidence in Binyam Mohamed 'torture' case

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Source: Guardian UK

Documents reveal MI5 official visited Morocco three times during period ex-Guantánamo detainee claims he was interrogated

An MI5 officer visited Morocco three times during the period former terror suspect Binyam Mohamed claims he was secretly interrogated and tortured there, according to documents revealed by the high court today .

Lawyers acting for MI5 have repeatedly told the high court in London the agency had no idea Mohamed was in Morocco in 2002-03. But documents passed to the court show an MI5 officer, known as Witness B, visited Morocco during that time.

New evidence of MI5's involvement in Mohamed's earlier interrogation in Pakistan was disclosed yesterday by Lord Justice Thomas and Mr Justice Lloyd Jones. Thomas said they had taken the "very unusual step of correcting a judgment", a move dictated by the emergence of new documents about MI5's role in the affair.

Mohamed was flown to Morocco by the US from Pakistan. He was later taken to the "dark prison" in Bagram in Afghanistan before being transferred to Guantánamo Bay.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/31/binyam-mohamed-new-evidence-guantanamo

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

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2. K&R

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3. what happens in Gitmo is secret....what happens in rendition is unspeakable