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CIA report: UK 'did not request torture claim redactions' CIA report: UK defends actions over interrogation claims
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None of the information the UK asked to have blacked out of a report on CIA interrogation related to claims of British involvement in prisoner mistreatment, Downing Street has said. None of the redactions from a CIA report on interrogation related to British involvement in the mistreatment of prisoners, Number 10 has said.
No 10 confirmed UK intelligence agencies spoke to US counterparts to request some redactions before the US Senate report was published. Downing Street confirmed UK and US intelligence agencies discussed the controversial report before it was published.
But officials said requests were only made on national security grounds, not to erase "torture or rendition" claims. But a spokesman insisted any redactions would have been made on "national security grounds".
Senators found "brutal" CIA tactics. The report found "brutal" treatment of al-Qaeda suspects in the wake of 9/11.
The report, which looked at treatment of detainees in the years after the 9/11 attacks in 2001, is a 525-page summary of a 6,000-page document produced by Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee. The full document remains classified. Senators looked at how the CIA handled detainees in the years after the World Trade Center attacks in 2001. The full document, produced by Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee, remains classified.
The published report contains no reference to UK agencies.The published report contains no reference to UK agencies.
Home Secretary Theresa May is expected to be questioned by MPs on Monday about a meeting she held with the committee in 2011.
Downing Street said Mrs May "discussed a range of issues" at the meeting.
Dianne Feinstein, chair of the Senate committee, said CIA tactics - which included repeated waterboarding, slapping, stress positions and sleep deprivation - amounted to torture.Dianne Feinstein, chair of the Senate committee, said CIA tactics - which included repeated waterboarding, slapping, stress positions and sleep deprivation - amounted to torture.
Admiral Lord West, security minister under the last Labour government, rejected calls for a judge-led inquiry into whether Britain was involved in rendition and torture.
He said he had "no doubt whatsoever" that the UK had been complicit in illegal mistreatment of detainees.
But he added: "Would we - as we dug around and had some huge inquiry - find that one agent or maybe two agents were once in a room when somebody was waterboarded? Possibly we might.
"Is it worth a big judicial inquiry? I think it's worth the ISC [Intelligence and Security Committee] doing it."
'Protect sources''Protect sources'
A version of the report was finished in 2012, but there were disagreements about what should be published. Part of this process was a "classification review" by the CIA into what information should remain classified. A version of the senate report was finished in 2012, but there were disagreements about what should be published. Part of this process was a "classification review" by the CIA into what information should remain classified.
Downing Street said UK requests for redactions were made "agency to agency" - by British intelligence service MI6 to the CIA.Downing Street said UK requests for redactions were made "agency to agency" - by British intelligence service MI6 to the CIA.
The requests were made to protect sources and for other national security reasons, No 10 added.The requests were made to protect sources and for other national security reasons, No 10 added.
On Wednesday, Downing Street said no requests for redactions had been made.On Wednesday, Downing Street said no requests for redactions had been made.
BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner said a Whitehall official "pointed out" it would make no sense for the CIA to redact allegations of UK abuse while allowing its own name to be "dragged through the mud" in the Senate report.BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner said a Whitehall official "pointed out" it would make no sense for the CIA to redact allegations of UK abuse while allowing its own name to be "dragged through the mud" in the Senate report.
US report's key findings:US report's key findings:
What is 'enhanced interrogation'?What is 'enhanced interrogation'?
Who knew what when?Who knew what when?
Who were the detainees?Who were the detainees?
As well as meetings between UK and US intelligence agencies, information obtained by human rights charity Reprieve in August suggested UK government officials had met members of the Senate Intelligence Committee on 24 occasions over the previous five years.As well as meetings between UK and US intelligence agencies, information obtained by human rights charity Reprieve in August suggested UK government officials had met members of the Senate Intelligence Committee on 24 occasions over the previous five years.
The charity did not request details of the subjects discussed, though William Hague - then foreign secretary - said in July: "The UK government has not sought to influence the content of the Senate report. The charity has requested details of the subjects discussed but says it has yet to receive a response.
William Hague - then foreign secretary - said in July: "The UK government has not sought to influence the content of the Senate report.
"We have made representations to seek assurance that ordinary procedures for clearance of UK material will be followed in the event that UK material provided to the Senate committee were to be disclosed.""We have made representations to seek assurance that ordinary procedures for clearance of UK material will be followed in the event that UK material provided to the Senate committee were to be disclosed."
One of the UK officials to meet the Senate committee was Home Secretary Theresa May in 2011.
Downing Street said Mrs May "discussed a range of issues" at that meeting. She is expected to be questioned on the matter when she appears before Parliament's Home Affairs Committee on Monday.
Government ministers and UK security and intelligence agencies MI5 and MI6 have always said torture would never be used by Britain to extract information.Government ministers and UK security and intelligence agencies MI5 and MI6 have always said torture would never be used by Britain to extract information.
Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee is currently examining the question of whether the UK was complicit in the US mistreatment of suspects.Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee is currently examining the question of whether the UK was complicit in the US mistreatment of suspects.
On Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said he would be open to a full judicial inquiry if the committee failed to answer key questions.On Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said he would be open to a full judicial inquiry if the committee failed to answer key questions.