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US 'ignored' UK rendition protest  
 
The committee probed UK involvement in rendition flights 
British concerns appear to have had no "material affect" on US actions in
its "war on terror", the UK's intelligence and security committee has
said. 
The committee, which reports to the prime minister, was probing possible
UK involvement in rendition flights. 
It said America's "lack of regard" for UK concerns had "serious
implications" for future intelligence relations. 
In response, the UK government said the countries' intelligence
relationship was "close" and "must continue". 
The committee said it had found no evidence that the UK was directly
involved in rendition flights - the transportation of terror suspects to
foreign prisons where they could face torture. 
But Britain's security services had "inadvertently" helped in one case
after the US ignored caveats placed on supplied information. 
'Fundamental liberty' 
It said ministerial approval should be required in future in such cases
and a complete ban placed on approvals for renditions which could lead to
suspects being held in secret prisons. 
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The committee also levelled criticism at the government over inadequate
record-keeping. 
Committee chairman, former Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy, said:
"Our inquiry has not been helped by the fact that government departments
have had such difficulty in establishing the facts from their own records
in relation to requests to conduct renditions through UK airspace. 
"This is a matter of fundamental liberty, and we recommend that the
government ensure that proper searchable records are kept in the future." 
'Strong protests' 
The cross-party committee said "routine" evidence sharing in the case of
two British residents in Ghana in 2002 "indirectly and inadvertently" led
to their rendition. 
  The rendition programme has revealed aspects of this usually close
relationship that are surprising and concerning 
Intelligence and security committee report 
Bisher al-Rawi and Jamil el-Banna were flown by the CIA first to
Afghanistan and then Guantanamo Bay, where el-Banna is still being held. 
The committee said the UK services "used caveats specifically prohibiting
any action being taken" when they handed over the intelligence on the men. 
It says the UK security services did not foresee that the US authorities
would disregard the caveats, given that they had honoured the caveat
system for the past 20 years. 
"This case shows a lack of regard on the part of the US for UK concerns -
despite strong protests - and that has serious implications for the
intelligence relationship," the report concluded. 
"In fighting international terrorism it is clear that the US will take
whatever action it deems is necessary, within US law, to protect its
national security," it said. 
"Although the US may take note of UK protests and concerns, it does not
appear materially to affect their strategy; the rendition programme has
revealed aspects of this usually close relationship that are surprising
and concerning," the report warned. 
'Tough talk' 
The committee also criticised the UK security services for failing to
react quickly enough to the change in American approach and start to use
"greater caution". 
It said British intelligence had been briefed in November 2001 about new
powers enabling the US authorities to arrest and detain suspected
terrorists worldwide. 
But officers were "sceptical about the supposed new powers because at the
time there was a great deal of 'tough talk' being used at many levels of
the US administration," the report says. 
The report says British intelligence officers "should have noted the
significance of these events and reported them to ministers". 
Procedures had now been tightened and provided a "reasonable level of
confidence" in most cases, the committee concluded. 
'Torture risk' 
But it recommended two further changes to strengthen safeguards. 
"First, where despite the use of caveats and assurances there remains a
real possibility that sharing intelligence with foreign liaison services
might result in torture or mistreatment...we recommend that ministerial
approval should be sought in all such cases. 
"Secondly, the Committee considers that 'secret detention', without legal
or other representation, is of itself mistreatment. 
"Therefore, where there is a real possibility of 'Rendition to Detention'
to a secret facility, even if it would be for a limited time, we consider
that approval must never be given." 
The British government said the report supported its own "repeated
assurance that there is no evidence to suggest that renditions have been
conducted through the UK without our permission, or in contravention of
our obligations under domestic and international law". 
It added: "The conclusions support our clearly stated position that we
have not approved, and will not approve, a policy of facilitating the
transfer of individuals through the UK to places where there are
substantial grounds to believe they would face a real risk of torture." 
The government also stressed the "importance of the UK's international
intelligence relationships, particularly with the United States, in
countering the threat from international terrorism". 
It also said that British intelligence staff did inform ministers of
exchanges with US counterparts in November 2001 about the US plans to
arrest and detain suspected terrorist suspects worldwide. 
 
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 patria un pinocchietto al polonio,
tipo tenersi stretti terroristi ammazzabambini e i suoi finanziatori come
fa il governo di Londra?
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 rappresaglia.
rotfl! avrebbe dichiarato guerra? sai i calci in faccia che ci
avrebbero preso i tuoi camerati russofobi al potere a Londra...

 rappresaglia.
Veramente la Thatcher ha (contr)attaccato l'Argentina NAZISTA armata dai
franco-israeliani contro il parere del filoisraeliano ultrà gen. Haig e
della Kirkpatrick.
Ha liberato l'ambasciata iraniana occupata (credo) dai khuzistani nel 1980
nonostante Iran e USA fossero già ai ferri corti.
e... (ORRORE)
HA VOTATO A FAVORE DELLA RISOLUZIONE CEE 1980 sull'autodeterminazione del
popolo palestinese:
http://aei.pitt.edu/1393/01/venice_june_1980.pdf
Dimmi una sola cosa che Blair ha fatto di differente dagli USA dal 1997
(Clinton) al 2007 (Bush II)

 -----> curati la confusione mentale, rilassandoti durante le vacanze.
Neghi che la thatcher abbia fatto tutto quello che ho scritto sopra? Mah...