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Intelligence and Security Committee

We can read her comments for ourselves and decide what her intention was or whether it was just a careless statement. The hon. Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Mr. Davey) spoke well on the issue of paragraphs 151 and 152. I note that they contain a lot of dots. Paragraph 151 states that""information"—" relating to the interrogation of Mr. Mohamed—""had been provided to the Security Service and SIS in May 2002, before the Security Service officer interviewed Mr. Mohamed. This information made it clear that Mr. Mohamed had been ""intentionally deprived of sleep by his captors while in detention in Pakistan. For example, one of the *** telegrams states:""***""***""***."" We should be told what those dots represent. The most worrying aspect, because it relates to stewardship and conduct by our security and intelligence services, comes in paragraph 152, which states:""The Security Service Officer who interviewed Mr. Mohamed on 17 May…said that he could not recall whether or not he was aware of this information prior to the interview."" Again, I do not believe that. He would either be emphatic and say, "I was denied this information and I am indignant and angry about that" or he would recall it. It is an unhealthy and dangerous fudge.