Together with the Nigerian government, today I authorised it to go ahead, with UK support".
"Rather than the police chief saying 'all right this was clearly something that went too far and regardless of whether or not I authorised this operation, I recognise that to restore trust I need to re-establish the basis of accountability … for that reason I have chosen to resign.' We don't see the mayor calling for that, we don't see the local premier calling for that".
Then, three days after Straw's response, Blunkett used exactly the same form of words to reply, except that he substituted Straw's "I have followed that policy faithfully" with "I reject absolutely that I authorised any action that I believed would lead to, or involve, torture".
So in addition to whether the move should be authorised – which I hope will be the case – more focus should be given to how the UK can make a difference.
We have a secondary role in producing the documents used by the police and our colleagues, so if I authorise a charge, I have to give all the reasoning and all the details.
'Nobody had authorised me, because I was, and I am, a sort of conventional soul.
I did not do this because I disagreed with the enhanced interrogation techniques that those memos authorised, or because I reject their legal rationale – although I do on both counts.
I was authorised to use it; I could make payments up to £100,000, even more".
In a statement, Marino said: "Within the last year I authorised a claim to be filed on my behalf, just in case I needed future medical coverage to protect me and my family in the event I later suffered from the effects of head trauma.
When I discovered that the film was only showing in two cinemas in the whole state, I authorised my youngest son to download it for Yuletide family viewing.
