Category: intelligence services

Identity of men on CIA rendition flights to British island revealed – The Guardian

Posted June 1st, 2009 in Diego Garcia, intelligence services, news, rendition, terrorism, torture by sally

“Two terror suspects who were flown by the CIA to the British territory of Diego Garcia and later allegedly tortured have been named and evidence about their treatment has been revealed for the first time. Mohammed Madni and Shaykh al-Libi are identified in evidence prepared for the Commons foreign affairs committee by Clive Stafford Smith, director of the human rights group Reprieve.”

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The Guardian, 31st May 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

British agents would have had ministers’ OK for collusion in torture – ex-MI6 chief – The Guardian

Posted June 1st, 2009 in intelligence services, news, terrorism, torture by sally

“British intelligence agents are unlikely to have been involved in the abuse of terror suspects without the approval of ministers, the former head of MI6 said.”

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The Guardian, 31st May 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

MI5 faces fresh torture allegations – The Guardian

Posted May 27th, 2009 in intelligence services, news, torture by sally

“The home secretary Jacqui Smith faces legal action over allegations that MI5 agents colluded in the torture of a British former civil servant by Bangladeshi intelligence officers.”

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The Guardian, 26th May 2009

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Legal fight for release of terror douments – The Independent

Posted May 26th, 2009 in disclosure, intelligence services, news, torture by sally

“The High Court was urged today to order full disclosure of correspondence from America setting out the Obama administration’s current stance on whether US intelligence outlining its agents’ treatment of former terror detainee Binyam Mohamed should be made public.”

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The Independent, 23rd May 2009

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Torture collusion claims silenced for legal reasons – The Guardian

Posted May 21st, 2009 in disclosure, intelligence services, news, torture by sally

“Fresh claims about British security service collusion in torture were abruptly silenced today by a parliamentary committee, amid claims that if made public they would cut across an ongoing legal case.”

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The Guardian, 20th May 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Report clears MI5 and police of 7/7 blunders – The Observer

Posted May 18th, 2009 in intelligence services, news, police, terrorism by sally

“A report into the counter-terrorism operations of MI5 and the police in the run-up to the 7/7 bombings will conclude they could have done little more to prevent the atrocities.”

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The Observer, 17th May 2009

Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk

UK judges reopen Guantanamo case – BBC News

Posted May 8th, 2009 in disclosure, intelligence services, news, torture by sally

“The High Court has taken the unusual step of reopening a controversial judgement in the case of the former Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed.”

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BBC News, 8th May 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

David Miliband claims of US threat over torture case ‘slippery’, court told – The Guardian

Posted April 23rd, 2009 in disclosure, intelligence services, news, torture by sally

“David Miliband, the foreign secretary, was accused yesterday of seriously misleading high court judges by claiming that the United States would stop sharing crucial intelligence with Britain if they agreed to disclose CIA documents showing how a UK resident was tortured.”

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The Guardian, 23rd April 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Lord Carlile calls inquiry into terror bomb plot raids – The Guardian

Posted April 23rd, 2009 in inquiries, intelligence services, news, police, terrorism by sally

“The operation that led to 12 men being arrested on suspicion of plotting a large al-Qaida atrocity is to be investigated by Lord Carlile, the country’s terror watchdog.”

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The Guardian, 23rd April 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Binyam Mohamed challenges secret evidence ruling – The Times

Posted April 23rd, 2009 in disclosure, evidence, intelligence services, news, torture by sally

“This week lawyers for Binyam Mohamed, the former Guantánamo detainee, return to court to challenge the ruling that he cannot see secret evidence that, he maintains, is central to his claim to have been subject to torture with the consent of the UK intelligence authorities.”

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The Times, 22nd April 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Guantanamo men in High Court bid – BBC News

Posted April 22nd, 2009 in evidence, intelligence services, news, torture by sally

“Lawyers for seven men who were detained at Guantanamo Bay are seeking a court order preventing any evidence of their alleged mistreatment being destroyed.”

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BBC News, 22nd April 2009

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Binyam Mohamed: MI5 officer gave false evidence in Guantánamo detainee case – The Guardian

Posted April 21st, 2009 in disclosure, evidence, intelligence services, news by sally

“Lawyers for the government have admitted that a senior MI5 officer gave false evidence to the high court in the case of former Guantánamo Bay prisoner Binyam Mohamed.”

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The Guardian, 21st April 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Regina (A) v Director of Establishments of the Security Service – Times Law Reports

Posted April 7th, 2009 in disclosure, intelligence services, investigatory powers, judicial review, law reports by sally

Regina (A) v Director of Establishments of the Security Service

Court of Appeal

“The Administrative Court did not have jurisdiction to entertain a claim that a public authority proposed to act in a way incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights where the matters brought up were within the purview of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal.”

The Times, 6th April 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Attorney General decision on Binyam – Attorney General’s Office

Posted April 3rd, 2009 in attorney general, intelligence services, press releases, torture by sally

“Attorney General decision on Binyam Mohamed investigation.”

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Attorney General’s Office. 26th March 2009

Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk

After Binyam Mohamed, MI5 is now accused of role in more torture cases – The Guardian

Posted March 30th, 2009 in intelligence services, news, torture by sally

“The attorney general is to be asked to investigate two more cases of alleged MI5 complicity in torture of men detained in Pakistan. Lawyers representing Rangzieb Ahmed and Salahuddin Amin are to ask Lady Scotland to consider possible criminal wrongdoing.”

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The Guardian, 28th March 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Police launch investigation of MI5 over torture claims – The Independent

Posted March 27th, 2009 in intelligence services, news, torture by sally

“The security service, MI5, is to be investigated by the Metropolitan Police over allegations that its officers were complicit in the torture of a UK resident held by the US government for seven years.”

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The Independent, 27th March 2009

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UK torture intelligence ‘dilemma’ – BBC News

Posted March 26th, 2009 in intelligence services, news, torture by sally

“Intelligence which could have been derived through torture presents the UK with a ‘very real dilemma’, the UK Foreign Office has said.”

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BBC News, 26th March 2009

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Peers call for independent inquiry into allegations of UK role in torture – The Guardian

Posted March 25th, 2009 in intelligence services, news, torture by sally

“Thirteen peers today added their voices to the calls for an independent inquiry into allegations about Britain’s role in torture and extraordinary rendition.”

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The Guardian, 25th March 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Series of allegations that finally forced Brown to act – The Guardian

Posted March 19th, 2009 in intelligence services, news by sally

“If we are to believe Peter Wright, the former MI5 officer and author of Spycatcher, new recruits to the security service are quickly expected to take to heart its 11th commandment: ‘Thou shalt not get caught.’ Today, however, as the result of the work of a small group of lawyers, journalists and parliamentarians, it is beginning to look as though MI5 has been found guilty of breaking its own rule: its involvement in torture is becoming clear.”

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The Guardian, 19th March 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Intelligence services’ interrogation rules banning torture to be published – The Guardian

Posted March 18th, 2009 in intelligence services, news, torture by sally

“The rules that determine how MI5 and MI6 are allowed to interrogate suspects, including strict guidance banning the use of torture, will be published for the first time, Gordon Brown said today.”

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The Guardian, 18th March 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk