David Miliband's 'Deceit' Over Guantanamo Bay Torture Claims

David Miliband was yesterday accused of an 'outrageous deception' after it emerged that his department engineered a threat from the U.S. which helped suppress torture allegations that might embarrass the British government.

The Foreign Office asked the U.S. State Department to write a letter which claimed that Britain's national security would be at risk if details about the alleged torture of a British resident at Guantanamo Bay became public.

The letter played a key role in the High Court's decision to prevent the publication of documents about Binyam Mohamed's alleged ordeal.

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