British Torture cover-up after 9/11 7-10-2018

10, July 2018                           British Torture cover-up after 9/11

It is often said that there is only a thin veneer of humanity separating us from barbarity. Britain and America are prime example of this maxim.  Both countries followed the “law of the jungle” following 9/11. 

Both countries often boast of their shared values.  But after two damning British parliamentary reports, criticism is mounting over the scale of the UK’s involvement over torture and rendition of terror suspects following 9/11.  British Prime Minister, Theresa May, is under fire for blocking key intelligence personnel from providing evidence to the parliamentary and security committee (ISC). British ministers and spy chiefs after 9/11 are facing new demands to explain their roles condoning such barbaric behavior.

The report finds the UK intelligence agencies complicit in hundreds of incidents of torture and rendition in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo.

Resisting efforts to thwart the investigation, the ISC produced a large amount of data that serves as a major indictment of the intelligence services who were in clear violation of the international prohibition on torture. The CIA and US military were guilty of similar offences but thus far have escaped indictment.  Jack Straw, the foreign secretary from 2001-06 and his boss, Tony Blair should be held responsible and face long prison terms. Perhaps, Tony Blair should be “encouraged” to compensate the torture victims with some of the millions he has amassed as a “good will ambassador."