A thorough investigation

The Guardian was first (last night) to report that the home secretary has asked the attorney general to investigate possible "criminal wrongdoing" by the MI5 and the CIA over its treatment of a British resident held in Guantánamo Bay.

They may just be going through the motions. The Guardian quotes lawyer Richard Stein as saying that the government had little choice once the evidence, which foreign secretary David Milband had sought to suppress, was aired in court.

Doesn't it make you proud?

Winning the (propaganda) war on terror

The BBC reports that 62% of people believe that Britain is under greater threat of violent attack thatn at any time since the second world war. So someone must be doing something right.

But you can't find this story from the Independent on the Beeb. It's about a former British resident being tortured at Guantanamo Bay.

Spinning for the Pentagon

The Sunday Times leaves no doubt which side it is on in the propaganda war over the five people at Guantanamo Bay who are (were) British residents but not nationals.

Clive Stafford Smith, who represents the men, said: “This is a blatant attempt to smear my clients.”

Double plus ungood

The Times has two lots of negative spin on the Brown government's decision to request the return of the 5 people at Guantanamo Bay who are UK residents but not nationals.

In a news story, it claims that the men will pose a security headache in the UK and will be subject to surveillance.

Meanwhile Bronwen Maddox tells us that the government has actually lost a game of bluff.