Ken Clarke plans secret court hearings to avoid revealing intelligence

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Source: The Guardian

Intelligence gathered by MI5 and MI6, even if obtained by torture, will never be disclosed in court proceedings under proposals published by the justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke.

A green paper (pdf) on what critics have called "secret justice" was prompted by a number of cases, notably those concerning Binyam Mohamed, a UK resident and terror suspect who says he was tortured with the knowledge of British security and intelligence agencies, and other British residents held in Guantánamo Bay with, they say, the connivance of MI5 and MI6.

In the Mohamed case, the appeal court released a summary of CIA intelligence revealing some of what MI5 and MI6 knew about the abuse and torture of terror suspects. The CIA was furious, and suspended some co-operation with MI6.

To prevent further evidence being disclosed in court, the Cameron government paid compensation to former Guantánamo detainees. Clarke revealed in the Commons on Wednesday that compensation amounted to about £20m and that 30 other cases were in the pipeline.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2011/oct/19/ken-clarke-secret-court-hearings

[Nihil]

1. There's not much danger of that with Ken Clarke ... (n/t)

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