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UK: How secret renditions shed light on MI6's licence to kill and torture - Little-known clause lets secretary of state authorise UK's spies to commit crimes abroad

01 February 2012

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UK: How secret renditions shed light on MI6's licence to kill and torture - Little-known clause lets secretary of state authorise UK's spies to commit crimes abroad (Guardian, link) See Section 7 of the Intelligence Services Act 1994 (link)

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