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Gordon Thomas is the author of the newly published, "Secret Wars: One Hundred
Years Of British Intelligence Inside MI5 and MI6."
Atmosphere for
spies called 'vile'
Turbulence attributed to possible prosecution of intel agent
Publishing Date: 17.09.09 15:32
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John Scarlett
By Gordon Thomas
LONDON -- Spies in the MI6 agency in Great Britain are infuriated that their
chief, Sir John Scarlett, has handed over one of his veteran agents to Scotland
Yard's Anti-terrorist Command on allegations he collaborated with the CIA in
torture at a secret center in Morocco.
While the long-serving officer is known to have a reputation for harsh
interrogation methods, Scarlett's unprecedented action has rocked the Secret
Intelligence Service's staff of 2,500. The atmosphere within its London
headquarter is described as "vile."
It has emerged that Scarlett only told a few of his top staff that he wanted
the officer handed over to the Yard after he had interviewed him.
The officer is believed to be an Arab linguist. He is currently on "gardening
leave" – ordered to stay at home.
Scarlett's decision will almost certainly affect morale in MI6.
"There has never been a case of the Secret Intelligence Service acting like
this. It is impossible to believe that Scarlett did not calculate the
consequences of taking matters outside the service," said one long-serving
officer.
Scarlett's own investigation into allegations the officer was complicit in
torture were held in secret in a MI6 safe house. The interviews are believed to
have been spread over several weeks.
He then reported his findings to Foreign Secretary David Milliband, MI6's
political master who discussed it with the attorney general, Lady Scotland. She
then saw Scarlett.
A Whitehall source who is familiar with the background to the case said that
the law officer was pressed by Scarlett to call in Scotland Yard.
"He strongly felt there was a need to set an example of how MI6 should behave.
Collaborating with the CIA on torture is not one of them," the MI6 chief is
said to have argued.
Within MI6 there are claims that Scarlett, who will retire in November, wants
to leave with his reputation intact as a hard-line intelligence chief.
What is so remarkable is that Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague has said,
"Scarlett acted on its own initiative unprompted by any known accusation
against MI6 or the individual concerned."
The government is reluctant to provide details on why the Yard was called in,
other than to say it is "unrelated" to the pending case of Binyam Mohamed, a
British-born resident who claims he was tortured and ill-treated in Pakistan,
Morocco and Guantanamo Bay. Britain's High Court has ordered an investigation
into "possible criminal wrong doing" by an MI5 officer.
MI6 insiders say that Scarlett's decision to hand over his officer could
explain why he recently chose to publicly issue a statement.
"We are committed to the values of human rights and liberal democracy as much
as anybody else," he said.
Twelve former British detainees at Guantanamo Bay are pursuing damages cases
through the British courts. Some are said by their lawyers to have been
interrogated by MI6 officers.
A senior intelligence source said that Scarlett's decision to hand over the MI6
officer was "an attempt to distance himself and the Secret Intelligence Service
from embarrassing evidence of Britain's involvement in the U.S. inquiry into
the CIA's interrogation of terror suspects."
More certain is that Scarlett will go into retirement not only facing questions
about the handing over of his long-serving officer but also his role in the
on-going Chillot Inquiry into the Iraq War.
Later this year it will hear testimony from Scarlett concerning more than 2,000
other intelligence interrogations in the aftermath of the Iraq War and the
extent to which MI6 was involved.
"If he names all the officers involved he could strip the service bare of its
counter-intelligence specialists," said a bitter MI6 officer.
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