Did The Bush Administration Blackmail Britian So That They Wouldn't Expose The Torture Of A British Resident?!

There are two High Court judges that have accused the U.S. government of "attempting to subordinate the rule of law".It would appear that a British resident,who is Ethiopian, was one of those Gitmo detainees that was tortured.And the accusation is that the Bush Administration forced British government officials to suppress any evidence of torture against one of their citizens.What was he using as blackmail,you ask? Here's more on that from the Telegraph:

"Two High Court judges issued a scathing attack on the White House after it emerged that the US threatened to withdraw all intelligence co-operation from Britain if details of the treatment of Binyam Mohamed were made public.

The row threatened to damage relations with President Barack Obama’s administration after the Foreign Office confirmed that the US’s stance on the issue had not changed since his inauguration last month.

The dispute stems from a High Court case in London.

Two High Court judges, Lord Justice Thomas and Mr Justice Lloyd Jones, had intended to order that the documents on Mr Mohammed’s alleged torture be published.

However, they decided reluctantly to block the release of the information after being told that the withdrawal of American co-operation would lead to Britons facing a “very considerable increase” in the risk from terrorists.

In their judgment on Wednesday, the judges attacked the conduct of the US government, accusing it of attempting to subordinate the rule of law:
As the ramifications of the judgment spread:

David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, faced calls to make a statement to Parliament today on the treatment of Mr Mohamed.

Pressure mounted on Mr Obama to release Mr Mohamed immediately and to allow the publication of the information. The detainee was expected to return to Britain within weeks.

It emerged that senior intelligence officials may face criminal charges for their role in the alleged torture. The heads of MI5 and MI6 may also be called before

Parliament to justify previous assurances that the intelligence services were unaware of any maltreatment of detainees.

Mr Mohamed has been seeking the release of 42 documents, originating from American government officials, that describe his treatment between 2002 and 2004, when he was held in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Morocco and Guantánamo Bay and intensively questioned. The documents are now held by the British Government.

In their ruling, the British judges disclosed that the secret documents “gave rise to an arguable case of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment”. They also disclosed that British intelligence officials were present when Mr Mohamed alleges he was tortured.

There were also claims from lawyers representing Mr Mohamed that Mr Miliband may be complicit in an alleged cover-up."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the whole article here.

He got arrested for presenting a false passport in Pakistan.Does that make him a terrorist? And if there has been no torture & this guy's a terrorist,then why the cover-up? This case is irrefutable evidence of torture. This video talks about extraordinary rendition & Mr. Mohamed's case.The details of his case are absolutely sickening.