UK judges accuse Obama Administration of suppressing torture claim

TheMercenary • Feb 4, 2009 8:14 pm

I am ready to hear what they have to say.

The US has threatened to withhold intelligence from the UK if evidence of the alleged torture of a British resident held at Guantánamo Bay is made public.

Details of how the “terrorist” detainee was allegedly tortured — and what UK intelligence services knew about it — must remain secret because of the American threats, the High Court ruled yesterday.

Lord Justice Thomas and Mr Justice Lloyd Jones said lawyers for the Foreign Secretary had told them that the threat by the US still applied under President Obama. Oppostion MPs accused the Government of giving in to blackmail.

The disclosure that the US has threatened to re-evaluate sharing intelligence with Britain came only 24 hours after Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, lavished praise on the special relationship between the two countries.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article5661291.ece

footfootfoot • Feb 4, 2009 8:24 pm

TheMercenary;530681 wrote:
I am ready to hear what they have to say.

The US has threatened to withhold intelligence from the UK if evidence of the alleged torture of a British resident held at Guantánamo Bay is made public.

Details of how the “terrorist” detainee was allegedly tortured — and what UK intelligence services knew about it — must remain secret because of the American threats, the High Court ruled yesterday.

Lord Justice Thomas and Mr Justice Lloyd Jones said lawyers for the Foreign Secretary had told them that the threat by the US still applied under President Obama. Oppostion MPs accused the Government of giving in to blackmail.

The disclosure that the US has threatened to re-evaluate sharing intelligence with Britain came only 24 hours after Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, lavished praise on the special relationship between the two countries.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article5661291.ece

Merc, you missed your calling; you should be a spin doctor. :D

Your headline makes it sound as though this were an Obama creation, yet the text you quote (bold mine) implies that he just hasn't gotten around to changing yet another of GW's unpopular policies.

Of course, I didn't bother to read the article before I posted... it wouldn't be "knee-jerk" if I did.

Aliantha • Feb 4, 2009 8:35 pm

Yeah...it's going to take more than a month to fix 8 years of fuck ups. ;)

TheMercenary • Feb 4, 2009 8:48 pm

footfootfoot;530685 wrote:
Merc, you missed your calling; you should be a spin doctor. :D

Your headline makes it sound as though this were an Obama creation, yet the text you quote (bold mine) implies that he just hasn't gotten around to changing yet another of GW's unpopular policies.

Of course, I didn't bother to read the article before I posted... it wouldn't be "knee-jerk" if I did.

Well I guess you should have looked at the link first. It was a direct quote from the headline, not mine. I just posted what I read. I really would like to have them release the info since it is already out there. Not that I think it would be a good idea, but at this point it does not matter. I want to hear what they have to say.

classicman • Feb 4, 2009 8:52 pm

Aliantha;530694 wrote:
Yeah...it's going to take more than a month to fix 16 years of fuck ups. ;)

Aliantha • Feb 4, 2009 8:54 pm

Well I was just thinking of George. ;)

Shawnee123 • Feb 4, 2009 8:54 pm

;) The first eight of those 16 years weren't a fuck up, more like a blow job.