Miliband on Rendition: Government accused of being 'soft on USA'

Amnesty International has responded to today's statement from the Foreign Secretary David Miliband about US 'rendition' flights by branding the UK government 'soft on the USA' on the issue of these deeply controversial flights. In his parliamentary statement today Mr Miliband outlines what he says is a US confirmation that - with the exception of two previously mentioned cases concerning Diego Garcia - 'there have been no other instances in which US intelligence flights landed in the United Kingdom, our Overseas Territories, or the Crown Dependencies'. Amnesty International UK renditions policy adviser Ann Snow said: 'David Miliband's latest statement on rendition is disappointing and leaves unanswered a whole raft of questions about the UK's role - whether inadvertent or deliberate - in US renditions. 'The overwhelming... [read full story]