MI5 and MI6 complicity in the torture of Binyam Mohamed, overruling the Foreign Secretary, David Miliband. In response to highly critical media coverage of the torture, Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, insisted that these were "baseless, groundless accusations". He denied that government lawyers had forced the judiciary to water down criticism of MI5, despite an earlier draft ruling by Lord Neuberger, the Master of the Rolls, that the Security Service had failed to respect human rights, had deliberately misled parliament, and had a "culture of suppression" that undermined government assurances about its conduct. According to The Washington Post, the court order forcing the British Government to publish secret memos that it received from US intelligence officials will jeopardise future US-UK intelligence sharing. The Washington Post quoted "White House officials" on 10 February 2010, who said the publication: "will complicate the confidentiality of our intelligence-sharing relationship". According to The Guardian, an anonymous White House official told them: "the court decision would not provoke a broad review of intelligence liaison between Britain and the US because the need for close co-operation was greater now than ever." In November 2010, Mohamed received an undisclosed sum as compensation from the British government as part of a settlement of a number of suits against the government for collusion by MI5. Representation in the media Binyam Mohamed's case was featured in Extraordinary Rendition, a documentary by AlphaOne Productions. We Are Not Ghouls, a documentary film about Binyam Mohamed's case, was released in 2022. See also Suspected secret torture centres in Morocco where Binyam Mohamed was held: Temara interrogation centre Ain Aouda secret prison References Further reading External links Biography of Plaintiff Binyam Mohamed, ACLU Binyam Mohamed's Guantanamo detainee assessment via Wikileaks Profile: Binyam Mohamed AUDIO: Binyam blames UK for mistreatment AUDIO: Moazzam Begg interviews Binyam Mohamed, Cageprisoners Transcript: Moazzam Begg interviews Binyam Mohamed, Cageprisoners AUDIO: Channel 4's Jon Snow interviews Lieutenant Colonel Yvonne Bradley, Binyam Mohamed's US lawyer Torture claims by British resident are given credence by American judge "Binyam Mohamed case: David Miliband steps up bid to hide proof of torture", The Guardian Charge Sheets, US Department of Defense Military Commissions – Muhammed Commission Transcripts, Exhibits, and Allied Papers, United States Department of Defense Benyam Mohammed al Habashi Case Sheet, Amnesty International USA "FAQs: What Are State Secrets", Center for Constitutional Rights Extraordinary Rendition Documentary about Guantánamo Bay and Binyam Mohamed from Alpha One Productions