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Wed 12 Dec 2009MPs suing CIA for information on UK's role in rendition
A GROUP of British MPs is suing the CIA in the American courts in an attempt to force the agency to hand over information about Britain’s secret involvement in its extraordinary rendition programme.
In a case thought to set a legal precedent, the group, led by Conservative MP Andrew Terry, is to file a complaint in a district court in Washington today seeking a judicial review of the agency’s failure to disclose the information.
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