Second investigation to open into role of British spies in torture of Guantánamo detainee
Lawyers for Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri claim UK intelligence was ‘complicit in his ill-treatment’ at US base The UK’s intelligence agencies are facing a fresh judicial investigation into allegations British spies were complicit in the CIA’s post-9/11 secret torture and rendition programme.The investigatory powers tribunal (IPT) has said it will open a second investigation into allegations the intelligence services were involved in the mistreatment of a prisoner detained by the US.