Guantanamo evidence is suspect, admits FBI: will only increase pressure for the release of the 550 inmates still being held

News: "Guantanamo evidence is suspect, admits FBI | By Rupert Cornwell in Washington | 23 March 2005

The value of intelligence obtained from Guantanamo Bay detainees has been cast into further doubt, with the release of new parts of a 2004 FBI memorandum that describe information extracted by coercive means as 'suspect at best.

The memo was originally made public last year in response to a Freedom of Information request from the American Civil Liberties Union. But large parts were blacked out. They have now been released after pressure from senior Democratic senators, during confirmation hearings last month for Michael Chertoff, the new head of the Homeland Security Department.
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The latest disclosures will only increase pressure for the release of the 550 inmates still being held at the Guantanamo Bay military base in Cuba. ....