For any of you out there who think we (the US or UK) can even pretend anymore that we are on the side of goodness and light should read this article from today's Observer about the sad story of Bisher al-Rawi, a British resident and MI5 informer, who was kidnapped by the CIA with the complicity of MI5. He was first taken to a secret prison or "intensive interrogation centre" in Afghanistan where he was kept in cell that had no light 24 hours a day and which was unheated even though the temperatures were below 0 C. He eventually ended up holidaying in Guantánamo Bay Beach and Leisure Resort before he was finally released, after more than four years in custody, without charge or compensation.
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