Brits on right side of law

DEADLY US drone strike THE aftermath of 9/11 and the US response to it changed the way the world viewed the US.

Within months, Guantanamo Bay was opened, with no real attempt to disguise its illegality.

Hundreds of detainees from places such as Afghanistan were taken to be tortured.

America threw out the rule book and images of brutality in Iraq’s prisons followed, along with drone strikes on the Taliban and al-Qaeda that inevitably killed civilians.

I believe British intelligence agencies have a far higher standard of legal governance.

The legal departments of MI5 and MI6 are constantly asked to look at the legalities of surveillance and means of disrupting terror plots.

Our intelligence officers have a world-beating record of smashing attacks, so they are doing something right.

And all without torturing anyone or breaking the law.