UK complained to US about terror suspect torture, says ex-MI5 boss
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/mar/10/manningham-buller-torture
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"She said that in 2002 or 2003 she questioned how the US was able to supply Britain with intelligence gleaned from Sheikh Mohammed.
"I said to my staff, 'Why is he talking?' because our experience of Irish prisoners and terrorists was that they never said anything," she said."
She claims the Americans said Sheikh Mohammed was proud of what he did in questioning, but Buller stated she discovered after her retirement that water boarding was used, "She added: "Nothing, even saving lives, justifies torture."
Update: check out a comment by staffer richjm, for a Guardian article, "Former MI5 head Eliza Manningham-Buller denies knowing about mistreatment of detainees. Didn't she read the papers?"
The full article in the Guardian explains her statement in full and breaks down parts like her view on the mistreatment of Binyam Mohamed and criticisms of the previous US administration, "One of the sad things is Cheney, Rumsfeld and Bush all watched 24."
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richjm
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Ace, the Guardian is cheekily compiling a list of all reported torture incidents by UK security services, to help jog Dame Eliza's memory.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/mar/10/manningham-buller-torture-mi...
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richjm
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Mcellie
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richjm:
Brilliant, the guardian reports then dismantles her claims in one day
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Mcellie
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CarolineS
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this woman with a stupid name is just a lying puppet, as if the UK has never used any of these torture techniques.
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CarolineS
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Felleybeat
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How very British of MI5 to 'lodge a complaint'...
Seems like more evidence of the nature of the UK's 'alliance' with the US... they definitely wear the pants in this relationship.
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Felleybeat
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richjm
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Can the head of an organisation like MI5 really be that clueless to what techniques their main ally used? This sounds a bit like Andy Coulson claiming he had no idea the News Of The World engaged in phone-tapping while he was editor there.
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richjm
