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Terror watchdog presses Miliband on torture files

Source: Times Online

London : United Kingdom | 9 months ago

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Guantanamo torture row after the government’s own terror watchdog said the foreign secretary should consider releasing secret files on MI5’s role in the affair. Lord Carlile of Berriew said Miliband should think about publishing files that relate to the treatment of Binyam Mohamed, a British...

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