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What will have happened is, the CIA will have said "send us the kid or you wont get a scrap of intelligence from us again." They have a track record of doing th
by JonnieCache 14y ago
What will have happened is, the CIA will have said "send us the kid or you wont get a scrap of intelligence from us again." They have a track record of doing that. That's why we have secret courts now: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/9185854/Kenneth-Clarke-open-courts-jeopardising-intelligence-sharing-with-US.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/9...
Nice one for that lads.
- georgespencer 14y agoWhy would the CIA be interested in damaging a symbiotic relationship with UK Intelligence services in order to extradite a UK national who is not being tried for anything even moderately related to their agency's remit? Or, in simpler terms, do you think the CIA cares enough about this kid to bully the home secretary into deporting him?
- JonnieCache 14y agoThe CIA is interested in expanding their power to manipulate foreign governments and to pluck foreign citizens away from their homes at will. If nothing else, this sets another precedent in their favor in that regard. Maybe it's not coming from the CIA, I'm not totally familiar with who orders who around when it comes to this stuff. Some branch of US.gov at any rate.