Complicity in torture: may the truth come out
July 7th, 2010The Cameron/Clegg inquiry into whether MI5 and MI6 officers, whilst not themselves committing torture on those caught up in the post-9/11 wars, nevertheless were complicit with countries abroad in the use of torture on their behalf, is certainly welcome but rather more murky than at first sight both as to its causation and its likely outcomes. It is right that the inquiry is judge-led rather than being headed up by a senior politician who would be less credible and less forensic. But disquieting aspects about both the origins and intended objectives of this initiative include the following hidden reefs ignored in the Commons exchanges. (more…)
