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UK courts "irresponsible" for trying to publish US intelligence says Foreign Secretary

Jonathan Sumption QC, acting for David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, told the Court of Appeal: “I would go so far as to say their views were irresponsible.”

Mr Sumption said the two High Court judges had “charged in” when they decided that seven paragraphs summarising intelligence provided by the Americans should be published.

The Foreign Secretary is appealing against the decision but Mr Sumption said the material was no longer necessary because the documents were handed to Mr Mohamed’s defence team and Mr Mohamed was subsequently released on February 23.

“Proceedings have essentially been taken over to serve a wider and in some respects political agenda,” Mr Sumption said.

Mr Mohamed, 31, who was arrested in Pakistan in April 2002 claims MI5 knew he was being tortured and fed questions to his interrogators through the CIA.

Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)