It turns out that MPs and intelligence officials may well have known of the Mi5 using torture (incidentally against British citizens, although this does not alter the severity of the crime)- and concealing the evidence of this torture from the British public.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/16/pakistan-torture-mi5-agent-binyam
link to the guardian article
If this is proved to be the case then Jack Straw (then foreign Secretary, now Justice Secretary for heavens sake) and Milliband- current foreign secretary- should resign with immediate effect. As should any MP who saw these documents and has maintained their silence.
No-one who sanctions the use of torture should hold public office in Britain, not if, as a society, we are serious about the rule of law and the maintenance of human rights.
What else are they hiding?
15 years ago
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