No, seriously....
"British court backs claim by Guantanamo detainee" by Raymond Bonner, New York Times News Service | August 22, 2008
LONDON - A British court yesterday said that a terror suspect being held at Guantanamo Bay had a credible argument that the United States had illegally spirited him away to Morocco and that he was tortured there.
The United States has repeatedly rejected allegations by the suspect, Binyam Mohamed, that he had been sent away and tortured, most recently in a letter to the British government last month. But the British court described the American conclusion as "untenable."
It did not discuss the evidence it had seen, but said there was "no good reason" the American government had refused to turn over materials to Mohamed's lawyers that might help him prove his allegations before an American military tribunal. Because the American government would not turn over the information, the British government had an obligation to turn over potentially exculpatory material in its files, the court ruled.
Mohamed's case has been a matter of considerable tension between Britain and the United States, and the court on Monday rebuked the Bush administration for not cooperating with the British government, or with the judicial inquiry into his case, as well as for its treatment of Mr. Mohamed.
I wouldn't expect any lasting damage; Britain could have taken a stand against torture years ago with criticism, but... that has been left to people like me and the blogs at great risk to ourselves.
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