Posted on 01/11/2012 10:54:53 PM PST by Hunton Peck
British spies will be cleared in a number of cases of alleged complicity in the torture of detainees abroad, the BBC understands.
Scotland Yard and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) are to issue a joint statement on Thursday.
It follows an investigation into the conduct of officers from MI5 and MI6.
Although it is expected that no charges will be brought in some cases it is understood the statement will contain other significant information.
The BBC's home affairs correspondent, Danny Shaw says the fact that the statement has been prepared by the DPP, together with Scotland Yard, is highly significant.
He says...
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The Long War Journal has background info on the detainee, the attempts by the Left to make a living martyr of him, and his al Qaeda connections, in a 2009 article here: Binyam Mohamed: The false martyr
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