Police to probe UK torture claims

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Source: BBC News

Police to probe UK torture claims
Binyam Mohamed
Mr Mohamed, a British resident, claims he was tortured in US custody

Police are to investigate whether an MI5 officer was complicit in the torture of ex-Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed.

The Attorney General, Baroness Scotland QC, said the probe would be "the appropriate course of action".

Mr Mohamed, 30, a UK resident, said MI5 had prolonged his detention and torture while he was being held in Morocco.

The MI5 agent who questioned him has denied threatening or putting any pressure on Mr Mohamed.

'Seriousness and sensitivity'

Ethiopian-born Mr Mohamed says he was tortured while in US custody in Pakistan, Morocco and Afghanistan, with the complicity of MI5.



Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7965968.stm

[Soylent Brice]

1. the truth shall set you free...

no matter how much it hurts.

[Demeter]

2. Good Luck, and Good Night

We MUST get all the torturers, top on down. We simply MUST.

[pmorlan1]

3. Whitewash?

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Former shadow home secretary David Davis said there was "a very serious case to answer".
He added: "It is vital that this investigation does not simply select a low-ranking MI5 officer as a scapegoat, but establishes where the responsibility for approving these actions originated, no matter how high they go."

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Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokesman Edward Davey welcomed the announcement.
But he warned that the "wider question of the government's policy on rendition and torture throughout the Bush and Blair years will remain unanswered" until a full judicial inquiry was held.

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Amnesty International UK's head of policy and government affairs Jeremy Croft said the decision was just a "first step".
"We still need an independent inquiry with the powers to unearth any wrongdoing by UK officials during the 'war on terror'," he added.

I too hope this is not a whitewash designed to cover-up rather than enlighten.