US-Brit Intelligence Ties In Jeopardy

[falcon]

Recently a Brit court released classified information about the treatment of a former Gitmo detainee. Beaten and shackled!!! What is the big deal about being shackled? Folks in the US and elsewhere get shackled for DUI.

LONDON – Intelligence ties between London and Washington have been jeopardized by a British court's disclosure that a terrorism suspect was beaten and shackled in U.S. custody, diplomats and security officials said Wednesday.

Fears in the United States that Britain can no longer be trusted with secrets is prompting an urgent assessment of relations between the allies and — according to some sources — has already slowed the flow of sensitive information from the U.S.

Britain's Court of Appeal on Wednesday authorized the release of a previously secret summary of CIA documents detailing the treatment of former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed. Mohamed was arrested in Pakistan in 2002 and, according to the British court, subjected to "cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment by the United States authorities."
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The White House said Wednesday the British court's judgment "will complicate the confidentiality of our intelligence-sharing relationship."

[Vizsla Vince]

Originally Posted by falcon

Recently a Brit court released classified information about the treatment of a former Gitmo detainee. Beaten and shackled!!! What is the big deal about being shackled? Folks in the US and elsewhere get shackled for DUI.

Some politicians even pay high dollar for that kind of treatment...

[Ol'Mongo]

There didn't seem to me to be any "mistreatment" in these assertions, they were sleep depravation and the like. The reluctance to share future sensitive intelligence is the real issue. It's not just the U.S., no one wants their confidential informants shared with the world. This is one of the dangers of trying terrorists in civilian courts. The bad guys want it because they can make discovery demands and if they're granted by the court, the government has two choices, release the information or dismiss the charges. There are a bunch of bad guys walking the streets today because the government(s) refused to divulge sensitive information.

By the way, nice Vizsla! Got one of those myself, sure are beautiful dogs.