07 Feb 09
Letters Prove US Threats to Halt Intelligence Sharing with UK
A flurry of letters between the British Foreign Office and the US State Department has revealed that Washington did threaten to withdraw intelligence-sharing with Britain if documents related to the alleged torture of a British terrorism detainee in Guantanamo Bay were made public.
Full story here:
http://www.theage.com.au/world/letters-prove-us-warning-20090206-7zx8.html
The question is: which is more vital to the conducting of the so-called 'global war on terror'...
(1) intelligence-sharing with Britain, arguably the USA's closest ally thus far in the GWOT; or
(2) avoiding embarrassment about alleged torture of a terrorism detainee in Guantanamo Bay?
07 Feb 09
Originally posted by FMFInteresting point, however threats are not actions. I'm sure the US and the UK will work this out.
[b]Letters Prove US Threats to Halt Intelligence Sharing with UK
A flurry of letters between the British Foreign Office and the US State Department has revealed that Washington did threaten to withdraw intelligence-sharing with Britain if documents related to the alleged torture of a British terrorism detainee in Guantanamo Bay were made public.
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(2) avoiding embarrassment about alleged torture of a terrorism detainee in Guantanamo Bay?[/b]