UK protested over US torture, says former spy chief
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
London, Mar 10, IRNA -- The British government complained to the US administration over its use of torture on terrorist suspects, a former head of MI5 Security Service has revealed.
Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller, who was MI5 director general from 2002 to 2007, said “the government did lodge protests” to its US counterparts once the extent of torture was known.
“The Americans were very keen to conceal from us what they were doing”, Manningham-Buller said during a lecture in the House of Lords on Tuesday night.
The admission that MI5 were aware of the use of waterboarding and other techniques by the US comes amid growing claims of Britain’s collusion in the use of torture.
Accusations of Britain’s alleged collusion in torture have been raised in more than two dozen cases surrounding British residents and nationals, including several cases going to court to seek redress.
In an unprecedented legal challenge, human rights charity, Reprieve is seeking a judicial review on the torture and ill-treatment of detainees held abroad, including guidance given to MI5 and MI6 officers who have interrogated prisoners in secret.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged last year to publish the consolidated guidelines for security and intelligence officers but this is still awaited.
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