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David Davis in Whitehall, London
PROMINENT Tory MP David Davis is demanding to be allowed entry to a secret court that is due to hear evidence on Britain’s involvement in torture.
The former Brexit secretary, along with human-rights organisation Reprieve and Labour MP Dan Jarvis, is bringing a judicial review of the government’s refusal to hold an independent inquiry into Britain’s involvement in torture and rendition of detainees after the September 11 attacks in 2001.
After announcing the legal action last October, Mr Davis is now battling to be granted entry to the court hearing on September 22 at which the judge will hear from government lawyers alone.
As the government quietly upgrades the role of Britain’s special forces, their growing global footprint and near-total exemption from democratic oversight should alarm us all, says ROGER McKENZIE
![SHAMELESS DISPLAY OF COERCION: Previously unreleased photos of Guantanamo captives, 2002, brought to Guantanamo Bay from Afghanistan by way of Incirlik, Turkey. [Pic: Staff Sergeant Jeremy Lock/CC]](https://morningstaronline.co.uk/sites/default/files/styles/desktop/public/2025-11/cia%20web2.jpg.webp?itok=o_Dyxu_T)
GUILLERMO THOMAS enjoys a survey of the current state of the CIA (aka Langley) from an expert and insider of sorts
Just as the Chilcot inquiry eventually exposed government failings over the Iraq war, a full independent investigation into British complicity in Israeli war crimes has become inevitable — despite official obstruction, writes JEREMY CORBYN MP