See no evil?

Is it better for British troops to be targeted by terror suspects in Iraq rather than for them to face possible torture if returned to Algeria?

Would they have been placed under Control orders if they had been threatening to kill British judges!?!

These three men were the subject of solid intelligence that they intended, not to cause damage in the UK, but that they intended to damage our national security by going as insurgents to kill British and other allied troops abroad, in Iraq for example.

So it was decided in accordance with human rights laws to have the lightest controls that seemed compatible with the necessity of the occasion. - Lord Carlile.