Court rejects Foreign Secretary's bid to suppress CIA evidence
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/19/court-rejects-miliband-cia-request
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In the sixth in a string of damning rulings, the high court accused Miliband of wanting to suppress information about CIA activities even though details had already been disclosed by the Obama administration. Dismissing Miliband's claims, Lord Justice Thomas and Mr Justice Lloyd Jones insisted they were not trying to give away "American secrets". They said: "Of itself, the treatment to which Mr Mohamed was subjected could never properly be described in a democracy as 'a secret' or an 'intelligence secret' or 'a summary of classified intelligence'."
The judges revealed that seven paragraphs in a key document Miliband insists must remain secret "relate to admissions of what officials of the US did to BM during his detention in Pakistan". They repeated their earlier finding that "what is contained in those seven redacted paragraphs gives rise to an arguable case of torture or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment".
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/19/court-rejects-miliband-cia-request
In the sixth in a string of damning rulings, the high court accused Miliband of wanting to suppress information about CIA activities even though details had already been disclosed by the Obama administration. Dismissing Miliband's claims, Lord Justice Thomas and Mr Justice Lloyd Jones insisted they were not trying to give away "American secrets". They said: "Of itself, the treatment to which Mr Mohamed was subjected could never properly be described in a democracy as 'a secret' or an 'intelligence secret' or 'a summary of classified intelligence'."
The judges revealed that seven paragraphs in a key document Miliband insists must remain secret "relate to admissions of what officials of the US did to BM during his detention in Pakistan". They repeated their earlier finding that "what is contained in those seven redacted paragraphs gives rise to an arguable case of torture or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment".
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/19/court-rejects-miliband-cia-request
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This looks to be a far-reaching investigation of the entire 8 year of Britain's involvement in the wars in the Middle East. I suspect that this will turn over a few rocks that might expose some squirming Bushies. One can only hope so because America is certainly looking the other way (in the interest of national security, of course)
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Bravo to the UK for fighting for her citizen!
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Good thing there is still a foreign press, no?
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