M16 and a £1m 'bribe' to silence torture victim: Spies gave up dissident to Gaddafi thugs

MI6 chiefs plan to offer more than £1million hush money to a Libyan who claims British spies sent him to be tortured by the Gaddafi regime.

The Secret Intelligence Service is ‘scrambling’ to prevent Abdel Hakim Belhadj releasing details of his case following the revelation that a Labour minister sanctioned his extraordinary rendition – contravening UK policy on torture.

Senior Whitehall sources say SIS bosses are willing to pay ‘whatever it takes’ to silence Mr Belhadj, who is now a senior official in the Libyan transitional government.

And campaigners warn that even if Mr Belhadj rejects the cash and insists on going to court, Government plans to hold ‘secret justice’ cases behind closed doors could prevent the full truth ever being made public. Read More

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