The Guardian has gotten hold the U.K. interrogation policy:
In deciding whether to give permission [for overseas interrogation], senior MI5 and MI6 management “will balance the risk of mistreatment and the risk that the officer’s actions could be judged to be unlawful against the need for the proposed action”.
At this point, “the operational imperative for the proposed action, such as if the action involves passing or obtaining life-saving intelligence” would be weighed against “the level of mistreatment anticipated and how likely those consequences are”.
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August 14, 2011 at 9:49 pm
steve
In other words, we intend to break the law whenever we think the public either won’t find out or won’t care.