David Miliband admitted yesterday that the Government would use intelligence
obtained under torture if it might prevent a terror attack.
The Foreign Secretary told MPs that the Government could not ‘ignore’
evidence passed on by another country even if it was suspected the
information was extracted through torture.
His admission is set to reignite the row over Britain’s alleged
involvement in the torture of terror suspects.
Giving evidence to the foreign affairs select committee, Mr Miliband
insisted British agents would never ‘procure’ intelligence
gathered under torture.
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But he said the Foreign Office had to assess whether there was a ‘threat
to life’ before deciding whether to use torture evidence.
Labour MP Ken Purchase relaasked if Mr Miliband would act on such information if it ‘suggested some danger was imminent to the British people’, to which the minister replied ‘Yes’.
