Thursday, August 4, 2011

British Detainees In Guantánamo Bay Received Approximately £12m

MI5 And MI6 Pay Out £12m Britons Held In Guantánamo -- The Telegraph

MI5 and MI6 agreed to pay around £12 million from their own budgets to former British detainees in Guantánamo Bay, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.

The payments were made as Sir Peter Ricketts, the National Security Adviser, warned that spending cuts could damage morale in the intelligence services and threaten security.

Details of the payments are contained in the accounts for the security and intelligence agencies, which were published this week.

They show that the agencies spent £13.7 million on “losses and special payments” in the 12 months to the end of March this year.

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My Comment: You work for MI5 or Mi6, and former Guantanamo detainees end up earning more than you .... yup .... morale is going into the toilet.

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