Above the rule of law
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1542927,00.html
Britain should avoid any compromise with the dirty war that the Bush
administration is waging against terrorism
Sidney Blumenthal
Friday August 5, 2005
The Guardian
Almost every significant aspect of the investigation to bring the
London terrorists to justice is the opposite of Bush's "war on
terrorism". From the leading role of Scotland Yard to the close
cooperation with police, the British effort is at odds with the US
operation directed by the Pentagon.
Just months before the London bombings, upon visiting the Guant=E1namo
prison, British counter-terrorism officials were startled that they did
not meet with legal authorities, but only military personnel; they were
also disturbed to learn that the information they gathered from the CIA
was unknown to the FBI counter-terrorism team and that the British were
the only channel between them. The British discovered that the New York
City Police Department's counter-terrorism unit was more synchronised
with its methods and aims than the US government was.
Sidney Blumenthal
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