We Did Hand Over Terror Suspects For Rendition, Hutton Admits

Defence Secretary John Hutton speaking in the House of Commons yesterday

From The Independent:

Defence Secretary sorry for misleading statements made by ministers.

The British Government admitted for the first time yesterday that it had been involved in "extraordinary rendition". The Defence Secretary John Hutton disclosed that terror suspects handed over to the US in Iraq were flown out of the country for interrogation.

Contradicting previous insistences by the Government that it had no played no part in the controversial practice, John Hutton revealed that details of the cases were known by officials and detailed in documents sent to two cabinet members at the time – Home Secretary Charles Clarke and Foreign Secretary Jack Straw.

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My Comment: Disclosure of this information now reveals how disunited the Labor Party has become . There was always a faction with the Labour Party that has been at war with Tony Blair and his supporters within the Party .... revealing this information is their last gasp at embarrassing Tony Blair.

As for the news that Britain was complicit in the CIA's rendition program .... I am not surprised. A considerable amount of information has already been leaked out .... this is just the official acknowledgment of what has happened and what everyone already knows.