I wonder how good a spy-chief can be who can't keep confidences

deanhills · Mar 10, 2010

Eliza Manningham-Buller, who retired in 2007 as a UK spy-chief, publicly said that the US had misled its allies about what they had been doing to the detainees. I can't help wondering while I was reading that, at how "good" this "Chief" must have been to keep confidences. Apart from the fact that her comments are a bit late anyway to hit the mark.

Eliza Manningham-Buller, who retired in 2007 and is now a member of the House of Lords, said the U.S. deliberately suppressed details of its harsh handling of some detainees, including accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

"The Americans were very keen that people like us did not discover what they were doing," Manningham-Buller told a meeting at Britain's Parliament.

Britain's spy agencies have come under heavy criticism for their alleged collusion in the torture overseas of terrorist suspects, including detainees held in U.S. custody.

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Dirk · Mar 10, 2010

A government agent with a conscience! A rare gem that must be treasured.

deanhills · Mar 11, 2010

Dirk said:
A government agent with a conscience! A rare gem that must be treasured.

Oh, so you think it is a Government agent with a good conscience who does not speak up when she should have?

Dirk · Mar 11, 2010

deanhills said:
Oh, so you think it is a Government agent with a good conscience who does not speak up when she should have?

Better late than never, eh?

I'm surprised she did at all.

deanhills · Mar 12, 2010

Dirk said:
Better late than never, eh?

I'm surprised she did at all.

Right, so am I. I'm sure she must have dropped a few notches in the estimation of her friends in the intelligence services