Police to probe UK torture claims. MI5 Officer Accused.

By Clare Swinney ⋅ March 27, 2009 ⋅ 7 comments
Tags: MI5, Mr Mohamed, probe, torture     Posted in: Middle East, News

BBC site
Police are to investigate whether an MI5 officer was complicit in the torture of ex-Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed.
The Attorney General, Baroness Scotland QC, said the probe would be “the appropriate course of action”.
Mr Mohamed, 30, a UK resident, said MI5 had prolonged his detention and torture while he was being held in Morocco.
The MI5 [...]