A British high court revealed a U.S. indication that they would stop sharing intelligence with the U.K. if British investigators pressed for more details about torture of British detainees. Harsh words, too:
This comes in the wake of the first official acknowledgment that the U.S. tortured prisoners at Guantanamo and abroad, which was released the week before the inauguration. Interestingly, the White House has issued a very terse reply statement that does not condemn torture. Will this prove an issue of international contention about Guantanamo in the coming weeks? And is it just an oversight, or a sign of hardening in Obama's terrorism policies?
"we did not consider that a democracy governed by the rule of law would expect a court in another democracy to suppress a summary of the evidence contained in reports by its own officials," they continued, "relevant to allegations of torture and cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment, politically embarrassing though it might be."
This comes in the wake of the first official acknowledgment that the U.S. tortured prisoners at Guantanamo and abroad, which was released the week before the inauguration. Interestingly, the White House has issued a very terse reply statement that does not condemn torture. Will this prove an issue of international contention about Guantanamo in the coming weeks? And is it just an oversight, or a sign of hardening in Obama's terrorism policies?
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