Torture flights: what No 10 knew and tried to cover up

[Surya Gayatri]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1689853,00.html


Leaked memo reveals strategy to deny knowledge of detention centres

"The government is secretly trying to stifle attempts by MPs to find out what it knows about CIA "torture flights" and privately admits that people captured by British forces could have been sent illegally to interrogation centres. A hidden strategy aimed at suppressing a debate about rendition - the US practice of transporting detainees to secret centres where they are at risk of being tortured - is revealed in a briefing paper sent by the Foreign Office to No 10.

The document shows that the government has been aware of secret interrogation centres, despite ministers' denials. It admits that the government has no idea whether individuals seized by British troops in Iraq or Afghanistan have been sent to the secret centres."

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Proof of the Blair government's complicity in US excesses continues to surface--where is the British outrage? SG

[Nothing Without Hope]

1. Kicked and Recommended - thanks for posting

The Guardian has been earning its name!

:kick:

[Surya Gayatri]

2. My favorite on-line paper

and for good reason--now that's what I call journalism. SG