The headline is a slight exaggeration. David Milliband, the Foreign Secretary, (why we couldn't get a British one I don't know) has written to the US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, to request that the US hands over 5 detainees held in Guantanamo Bay who had been granted asylum or refugee status in Britain before they were detained. I would rather that the Firebrand demanded their release than asking pretty please.
BBC story here.
