And the Tony Blair record prepares to take its next blow. The UK government did an impressive job of keeping this secret during the Blair (and beyond) years but the days of suppressing information related to torture may be coming to an end. One can only imagine how well "association with torture" will go down on his CV as he pushes for the EU Presidency. Who knows what will happen. Some may even revisit his history of war mongering. McClatchy:
The chief justice of the British High Court on Wednesday gave the British government one week to obtain the U.S. release of classified information about the alleged torture of a British resident who'd been detained at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba .
The court indicated that it would issue its own order if the government doesn't respond or justify why continued secrecy is warranted.
Noting that President Barack Obama had released highly sensitive documents tracing the decisions on torture during the Bush administration's war on terror, the high court judges voiced exasperation that the British government hasn't acted in what they said was the British public interest in being similarly open.
