http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/18/gordon-brown-torture-guidelines
Gordon is on the hot seat I see
Right where Blair left him.
Gordon Brown today broke a promise to publish new guidelines for British intelligence officers dealing with the torture and abuse of detainees held abroad after MPs and peers privately warned that existing guidance was unsatisfactory.
The prime minister was locked in a bitter dispute tonight with the parliamentary body set up to monitor the intelligence agencies over his refusal to publish its criticisms of the new guidance.
The Guardian has learned that members of the intelligence and security committee have expressed serious concern to Brown about the lack of clarity and "ambiguities" in the new guidance on interrogation techniques drawn up for MI5, MI6, and military intelligence officers after revelations in the Binyam Mohamed case.
The committee was assured by Brown last week that the guidance – and its own criticism of it – would be published before a Commons debate on the issue today.
