Government lawyers could claim immunity under ‘James Bond clause’ of Intelligence Services ActThe former foreign secretary Jack Straw and Sir imprint Allen,a former senior MI6 officer, could avoid prosecution over complicity in the rendition and torture of two Libyan dissidents by claiming immunity, and the supreme court has been told.[br]The extraordinary prospect of senior figures dodging their alleged liability for abductions and torture by deploying the “foreign act of state doctrine” in criminal proceedings emerged during a civil claim brought by Libyan and Pakistani former detainees.
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Source: theguardian.com