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Terror interrogation guidelines to be delayed
10:15am Thursday 18th March 2010 in
The Government is to delay the publication of new guidelines for intelligence officers and military personnel on the treatment and interrogation of terrorist suspects held overseas, it was disclosed today.
Chairman of the parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) Kim Howells said last week he had been assured by Gordon Brown that the guidance would be published before today’s Commons debate on the committee’s annual report.
But in a statement today, a Government spokesman said more work was needed on the guidelines in the light of the ICS’s recommendations.
”The Government is committed to publishing as soon as possible our consolidated guidance to personnel about the standards we apply during the detention and interviewing of detainees overseas. Our aim of consolidating and publishing this guidance is unprecedented,” the spokesman said.
”We welcome the critical contribution of the Intelligence and Security Committee in reviewing the guidance, as part of its important intelligence oversight role.
”The committee’s report on the draft guidance is comprehensive and insightful, and has raised a number of issues that need further consideration.
”The Government has therefore asked the ISC to work with them to ensure that the Government’s position on these complex issues is properly understood and to help them consider how best to ensure the Government provides clarity here.”
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