Secret British Justice To Appease The CIA?

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 Nick Clegg Warns Liberal Democrat MPs Will Not Support Secret Court Hearings Government plans to hold more inquests and court cases behind closed doors in order to appease American intelligence agencies appeared to be in tatters after deputy prime minister Nick Clegg told Cabinet colleagues he could not support the proposals in their current form. The plans are aimed at finding a way of managing sensitive evidence from the security services, but Clegg said their concerns "cannot be allowed to ride roughshod over the principles of open justice". He said the powers to take evidence in secret should not apply to inquests and that judges rather than ministers should decide when the measures are used in a small number of civil cases expected to be affected, the Daily Mail reported. But Clark said that the current rules meant the intelligence agencies of the United States were starting to withhold information due to fears it would be revealed in British courts. "The Americans have got nervous that we are going to start revealing information and they have started cutting back on what they disclose," He has just told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. "If they fear our courts they won't give us the material." 'BAREFACED LIES' Nick Clegg: 'We Are Not Going To Ram Something Through Parliament' Jenny Jones, The 'Dark Sparkly Green' Candidate Buenos Aires British Embassy Attacked Double Celebration For George Galloway BLOG POSTS Lord Weidenfeld of Chelsea: Is Dinner With David Cameron Worth £250,000? Privileged access of grand donors to political parties to leading members of the government, and subsequent, frequent malpractice, is a constant topic amongst the British public. Emma Reynolds: Why the Shooting of Russian Banker German Gorbuntsov in London Raises Worries About Our National Security Our government should do much more to insist that Russia at all times behaves like a responsible global partner, and not one in which accusations of corruption and human rights abuses are rife and which risks exporting its problems onto the streets of London. Matthew Todd: God Forgive Them After Cardinal Keith O'Brien's letter of condemnation was read out in mass two weeks ago, I have heard of mothers of gay kids being reduced to tears and reasonable straight folk who refused to sign their petition getting into rows with their priests. The sad thing is that there are a huge amount of gay people who do have a faith and wish to play an active part. The Church has no idea how much damage it is doing to itself before an entirely new generation that is too young to remember the explicit hatred I and my generation lived through. Greg Secker: Are the Credit Ratings Agencies Out of Control? Make no mistake, Moody's decision to put the UK's prized AAA credit rating on negative outlook last month would have sent a sharp shock of panic through the trading floors of the city and of course Westminster. Shamim Chowdhury: The Labour Party Has Failed British Asians - That's Why Some Turn to the Likes of George Galloway For too long, the Labour Party has relied on the ethnic vote with a detached arrogance that appears to have lasted to this day. The older generation may yet remain loyal, but they will not be around forever.

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