"TOliver" wrote in message
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"Michael Mcneil" wrote

There seems to be a lot of invidious stuff coming to light lately.
British secret services having access to the illegally detained people
in Cuba for instance.

Just as in several dozen conflicts to date, it has been customary to allow
the INTEL forces of one's allies reasonable access to prisoners captured
"under arms" in a military conflict.

Except at three of the people involved weren't ever involved in any
conflict.

The problem is that in law the UK Civil Servants involved may have been
party to 'illegal imprisonment' and the various secret services lost their
Crown Immunity to their various acts several years ago, so they may have to
face trial...

While their status as captives and the
level of treatment and due process within may be subject to debate, the
prisoners at Guantanamo seem to have certainly qualified as "combatants"

Not with the three recently released, they seem to have been arrested by
the various locals involved and handed over to the USA for cold hard cash.


and
as with prisoners in past conflicts can certainly be held until the
cessation of military operations. You do recall the treatment provided
for
British subjects captured while serving in the German SS forces?

Remanded to the care of properly constituted courts, tried and sentenced,
two were executed the rest got jail.

--
William Black

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe
Barbeques on fire by chalets past the headland
I've watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off Newborough
All this will pass like ice-cream on the beach
Time for tea