Tortures

Public need answers in 'shocking' MI6 rendition scandal, says senior Tory

A senior Conservative MP has described the continuing cover-up of Britain’s complicity in the kidnapping and torture of detainees in the “war on terror” – and of who authorised it – as a shocking scandal that must be resolved without further delay.

Andrew Tyrie, the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on extraordinary rendition, made clear that an answer to the key question – who knew about the secret operations – was getting closer.

Tyrie, also chair of the Commons liaison committee of senior backbenchers and the Commons Treasury committee, was responding on Wednesday to the Guardian’s disclosure that the former head of MI5 was incensed when she discovered the role played by MI6 in abductions that led to suspected extremists being tortured.