The government announces a judge-led inquiry into allegations British security services were complicit in torture, but the release of new torture guidelines is not terribly revealing without the old ones, writes Home Affairs Correspondent Simon Israel. The prime minister said he hoped the independent inquiry, led by former appeal court judge Sir Peter Gibson, would start by the end of the year and report within a year. David Cameron told the Commons that the reputation of our security services is being over-shadowed by allegations about the treatement of detainees overseas.
The government announces a judge-led inquiry into allegations British security services were complicit in torture, but the release of new torture guidelines is not terribly revealing without the old ones, writes Home Affairs Correspondent Simon Israel.
The prime minister said he hoped the independent inquiry, led by former appeal court judge Sir Peter Gibson, would start by the end of the year and report within a year.
David Cameron told the Commons that the reputation of our security services is being over-shadowed by allegations about the treatement of detainees overseas.
David Cameron, the British prime minister, has appointed a retired judge to lead an inquiry into allegations that UK spies were complicit in the torture of terrorism suspects held overseas. The inquiry follows civil cases brought against the government by 12 ex-detainees who claim Britain colluded in their mistreatment in Pakistan, Morocco and elsewhere. Peter Gibson, currently the intelligence services commissioner, a watchdog for Britain's security services, will lead a three-member panel investigating the claims. British authorities say they would never use, or encourage others to use, torture to gain information.
David Cameron, the British prime minister, has appointed a retired judge to lead an inquiry into allegations that UK spies were complicit in the torture of terrorism suspects held overseas.
The inquiry follows civil cases brought against the government by 12 ex-detainees who claim Britain colluded in their mistreatment in Pakistan, Morocco and elsewhere.
Peter Gibson, currently the intelligence services commissioner, a watchdog for Britain's security services, will lead a three-member panel investigating the claims.
British authorities say they would never use, or encourage others to use, torture to gain information.
