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Terrorism: Rendition

My Lords, the noble Lord makes a very sensible point, but nothing is ever simple. It is not, I think, the case—students of this issue would confirm this—that we have no assurance that all those who might have been subject to rendition or might now be subject to extra-judicial punishment are in Guantanamo Bay. Another component of this rendition problem is people who were sent to third countries. Unfortunately, the case load at Guantanamo is not the entirety of the problem. One of the two individuals moved through Diego Garcia in 2002 is this day in Guantanamo. Again, the issue is to get as full an exposure of the facts as possible, once we have received the US response, in order to determine the appropriate next steps.