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Britain must publish US intelligence on torture, court rules
The British Government must publish US intelligence material about the torture allegedly suffered by Binyam Mohamed, a former Guantanamo Bay inmate, the High Court has ruled.
David Miliband, the British Foreign Secretary, said their government will appeal against the ruling, which came despite his warnings that publication would be a major threat to British national security.
Miliband had told the court that publishing the secret intelligence could jeopardize British-US relations and lead to the American authorities to downgrade their intelligence-sharing with the UK.
Rejecting that argument, the court said there was "overwhelming" public interest in publication.
Mohamed was released earlier this year after seven years in US custody, including four in the camp at Guantanamo.