Friday
20Mar2009
Craig Murray: I will accuse Jack Straw on Torture
Friday, March 20, 2009 at 9:12AM
From Craig's blog ::
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Hat-tip Jennie (email), who wonders whether the MSM will run with this significant story? We'll see. If the blogosphere makes a big deal, then I would imagine The Guardian will pick it up.
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights has agreed to hear my evidence on torture on Tuesday 28 April at 1.45pm. Many thanks to everyone who helped lobby for this.
I am delighted, as I have been trying for over four years to lay the truth about British torture policy before Parliament. I will testify that as British Ambassador I was told there is a very definite policy to accept intelligence from torture abroad, and that the policy was instituted and approved by Jack Straw when Foreign Secretary. I will tell them that as Ambassador I protested formally three times in writing to Jack Straw, and that the Foreign Office told me in reply to my protests that this was perfectly legal.
I will prove my evidence with documentation....
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Hat-tip Jennie (email), who wonders whether the MSM will run with this significant story? We'll see. If the blogosphere makes a big deal, then I would imagine The Guardian will pick it up.
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