ACLU Asks Secretary Of State Clinton To Clarify U.S. Policy On Exposing Torture And Rendition

The British High Court today ruled that evidence of British resident Mohamed's extraordinary rendition and torture at Guantánamo Bay must remain secret because of threats made by the Bush administration to halt intelligence sharing with Britain if the evidence is disclosed. According to the British court's opinion, the U.S. "position remains the same, even after the making of the executive orders by President Obama," and, if the evidence is to be made public, "it must now be for the United States Government to consider changing its position or itself putting that information in the public domain."

The ACLU letter asks for clarification of the U.S. position on the publication of evidence in Mohamed's case in the British court. According to the letter, "the claims made by the British justices that the Obama administration continues to oppose publication of the judgment in the Binyam Mohamed case – to the point of threatening the future of U.S.-British intelligence cooperation – seems completely at odds with both the anti-torture and transparency executive orders signed by the president."

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