The head of MI6 emerged from the shadows yesterday to describe the moral dilemma over the use of intelligence obtained by torture while facing the threat of terrorism.
Mr. Scheinin, who visited the detention center at Guantánamo in December 2007, published a report on Friday criticizing foreign governments that took part in the Guantánamo interrogations or condoned them while using the intelligence obtained.
But they acknowledged that in considering criminal charges, they were hamstrung by the difficulty of using in court any intelligence obtained from Mr. Padilla and other terror suspects when they were in military custody without lawyers.
"The regime has started moving its chemical stockpile and redistributing it to prepare for its use," said Sheikh, citing rebel intelligence obtained in recent days.
Memo The Justice Department released a previously blacked-out F.B.I. memorandum in which departmental lawyers dismissed intelligence obtained by coercive methods used by the military at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba as "suspect at best".
It continues that, before any intelligence obtained by CSE can be used in an application to a judge, "the Service undertakes to consult fully with the Establishment," and that it will alert the Justice Department.
A16 NATIONAL A24-29 Court Grants Wide Powers Under Antiterrorism Law A special federal appeals court ruled that the Justice Department has broad new powers under the antiterrorism law enacted last year to use wiretaps obtained for intelligence operations to prosecute terrorists.
Following are excerpts from ruling yesterday by a special federal appeals court that the Justice Department has broad new powers under the antiterrorism bill enacted last year to use wiretaps obtained for intelligence operations to prosecute terrorists.
On Monday, a special federal appeals court, the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, issued its first decision ever, granting the Justice Department broad new powers to use wiretaps obtained for intelligence operations in criminal cases.
A special federal appeals court ruled today that the Justice Department has broad new powers under the antiterrorism bill enacted last year to use wiretaps obtained for intelligence operations to prosecute terrorists.
