by Felicity Arbuthnot
Writer, Dandelion Salad
London, England
December 2, 2013
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Holed Below the Water Line
Diplomacy: “Tact and skill in dealing with people”, “The art or practice of conducting international relations, alliances, treaties and agreements … relations between nations.”
As Ministers utter inane, ill-considered, uninformed statements, they also appear to compete as to who can construct the most idiotic policy.
by Craig Murray
Nov. 16, 2009
Finally I have indisputable documentary evidence that the British government had a positive policy of using intelligence from torture in the War on Terror, and that the policy was personally directed by Jack Straw.
Here are the minutes of the meeting at which I was told this:
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Minutes available as a JPEG here:
http://www.edavies.nildram.co.uk/2009/11/torture/[…]
via Craig Murray
h/t: CLG
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see
Ray McGovern: Why Accountability for Torture Is Crucial for Human Rights
Craig Murray: UK/USA made use of Uzbek torture Pt2
Craig Murray: Uzbek terror and the UK/USA + How a Torture Protest Killed a Career (updated)
