 brightlight4 says: At issue is whether the British courts will disclose a seven-paragraph summary of the treatment of Binyam Mohamed, a former detainee who was released from Guantanamo Bay prison in February. The British terrorism suspect was set free after charges that he had collaborated with convicted terrorist Jose Padilla in a plot to set off a "dirty bomb" in the United States fell apart. Mr. Mohamed says he was tortured while in U.S., Pakistani and Moroccan custody. In February, the British Foreign Office claimed that the U.S. government had threatened to reduce intelligence cooperation if details of the interrogations and treatment of Mr. Mohamed were disclosed. Clive Stafford Smith, an attorney for Mr. Mohamed, said in a telephone interview that he was disappointed. "What they are doing is twisting the arm of the British to keep evidence of torture committed by American officials secret," said Mr. Smith, a U.S. citizen. "I had high hopes for the Obama administration. I voted for the guy, and one hopes the new administration would not continue to cover up evidence of criminal activity." The Metropolitan Police of London is investigating whether Mr. Mohamed was tortured when he was in American custody. Mr. Smith said that by attempting to keep evidence of Mr. Mohamed's "abuse" secret, the U.S. official who communicated the threats to the British F... Different president, same bullshit. The Overlords are smiling and the cause of fair government with noble intent takes it in the ass. Obama is starting to show the reality that the Democrats really are nothing but another flavour of conservative. Where is the progressive government that he promised? |
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