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| Rifkind requests CIA material on UK role in torture programme | |
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| Sir Malcolm Rifkind is to request that the United States hands over material documenting the UK's role in the CIA's post-9/11 interrogation programme. | |
| The material was redacted from a US Senate report into the programme, which said CIA detainees had been tortured. | The material was redacted from a US Senate report into the programme, which said CIA detainees had been tortured. |
| Sir Malcolm said there were "various ways" the US could be persuaded to release the classified information. | Sir Malcolm said there were "various ways" the US could be persuaded to release the classified information. |
| Downing Street says the redactions were not related to UK involvement in abuse of prisoners. | Downing Street says the redactions were not related to UK involvement in abuse of prisoners. |
| Sir Malcolm is head of the House of Commons Intelligence and Security Committee, and chaired the parliamentary inquiry into the involvement of British intelligence agencies in the CIA's programme of detaining and interrogating al-Qaeda suspects. | Sir Malcolm is head of the House of Commons Intelligence and Security Committee, and chaired the parliamentary inquiry into the involvement of British intelligence agencies in the CIA's programme of detaining and interrogating al-Qaeda suspects. |
| 'Brutal' interrogations | 'Brutal' interrogations |
| Speaking to the Observer newspaper, he admitted that it would be difficult to force the US to release the material against its will. | Speaking to the Observer newspaper, he admitted that it would be difficult to force the US to release the material against its will. |
| He said: "I am not going to go into the details of how we might try and achieve this, there are various ways we can try and advance it, but at the end of the day the actual decision on the American redacted material is for the Americans to take. | He said: "I am not going to go into the details of how we might try and achieve this, there are various ways we can try and advance it, but at the end of the day the actual decision on the American redacted material is for the Americans to take. |
| "One point is that the only issues we are going to be asking them about are issues relevant to the United Kingdom. We don't need to see the whole of their redacted report." | "One point is that the only issues we are going to be asking them about are issues relevant to the United Kingdom. We don't need to see the whole of their redacted report." |
| A 525-page summary of the report, compiled by Democrats on the US Senate Intelligence Committee, was published earlier this week - although the full version remains classified. | A 525-page summary of the report, compiled by Democrats on the US Senate Intelligence Committee, was published earlier this week - although the full version remains classified. |
| It revealed that the CIA carried out "brutal" interrogations of terrorism suspects in the years after the 9/11 attacks. Among the abuses, the committee found: | It revealed that the CIA carried out "brutal" interrogations of terrorism suspects in the years after the 9/11 attacks. Among the abuses, the committee found: |
| However, the summary contains no reference to UK agencies. | However, the summary contains no reference to UK agencies. |
| National security | National security |
| The CIA admitted that some mistakes had been made, but insisted that the interrogation programme had saved lives and was "critical" to the agency's understanding of al-Qaeda. | The CIA admitted that some mistakes had been made, but insisted that the interrogation programme had saved lives and was "critical" to the agency's understanding of al-Qaeda. |
| 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 secret. | 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 secret. |
| When the report was published, Downing Street said any requests for redactions from the UK had been made by British intelligence agencies to the CIA. | When the report was published, Downing Street said any requests for redactions from the UK had been made by British intelligence agencies to the CIA. |
| It said the requests had made for reasons of national security on intelligence operations, and later added that Number 10 itself had not made any requests for redactions. | It said the requests had made for reasons of national security on intelligence operations, and later added that Number 10 itself had not made any requests for redactions. |