Alistair Darling has, on a Friday, confirmed that lots of CIA flights have been through UK airports since 2001. Darling stresses that "none of the information held by my department provides evidence that these flights were involved in rendition". Well, no, you git. You've refused to investigate. It really doesn't suprise us to know that you've not got the evidence.
Michael Moore, the Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokesman, talks sense:
A fundamental question remains unanswered. Has the UK government actually asked the United States how many individuals have been rendered through Britain? If this hasn't been asked, then why on earth not?Blair and his lackeys have gone out of their way to avoid answering that simple question. Has the UK government actually asked the United States how many individuals have been rendered through Britain? Yes? Or no? What could be simpler? And why is no answer forthcoming?
Of course, the government does not have to say anything but it may harm their defence if they do not mention when questioned something which they later rely on in court. There really are situations where silence can reasonably be assumed to be an admission of guilt. This seems to be such a situation. Will the government continue to maintain a guilty silence or will they give us a simple answer to a perfectly sensible question?
Changing the subject slightly, it's surely questionable whether it is wise for Michael Moore to ask "why on earth" anything. It seems to me that there's something slightly other worldly about this enigmatic politician. Ahem. Sorry. I occasionally feel the need to be an equal opportunities ridiculer.
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