UK defeated over 'torture documents'

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"The High Court today ruled that US intelligence material on former Guantanamo Bay inmate Binyam Mohamed should be made public. Foreign Secretary David Miliband immediately said he would appeal.

Mr Miliband said the Government was "deeply disappointed" by the judgment. US authorities have strongly resisted the release of the material and the Foreign Secretary warned that the US may no longer be willing to share intelligence if it feared that it might later be disclosed on the orders of a foreign court.

In a statement, he said: "The Government is deeply disappointed by the judgment handed down today by the High Court which concludes that a summary of US intelligence material should be put into the public domain against their wishes. We will be appealing in the strongest possible terms."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-defeated-over-torture-documents-1804094.html

Right, I'm going up the Reeperbahn tomorrow to celebrate in John Wilke's honour. A glimmer of independence and logic from the courts.