In just 6 short weeks it would appear that power has already gone to the new Home Secretary Alan Johnson's head. Apparently, in an interview in the Daily Telegraph, he condones and supports the use of torture by MI5 on suspected terrorists. Worse still, he claims that exposing MI5's illegal activity in court could jeopardise Britain's national security. Therefore, he may pervert the course of justice by intervening to prevent key evidence being heard in court.
Incredibly, Alan Johnson has stated that he has nothing but admiration for the torturers within MI5. Claiming that their torture was done to a very high professional and ethical standard, and that he would defend the perpetrators.
It has emerged from the US that Department of Justice memoes suggested how the Bush regime could twist national and international law to accomodate the use of torture. However, the European Convention is clear that the human right not to be tortured is absolute.
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