THERE IS A SICKNESS WITHIN BRITISH INTELLIGENCE

MI5 suggested to CIA that two men, Bisher al-Rawi and Jamil el-Banna, who they knew were on a genuine business trip to Gambia were actually on a suspicious trip with suspicious gear which they knew was in fact a modified battery charger. As a result of this "tip-off" the two were picked by extraordinary rendition and flown on N379P to Kabul and detained in the "Dark Prison", a CIA jail where prisoners were held in complete darkness and subjected to non-stop loud music.

Why on earth would somebody do this? Because they could? Were they ordered to?

From http://www.guardian.co.uk/guantanamo/story/0,,1741076,00.html

MI5 tip-off to CIA led to men's rendition

· British residents flown from Gambia to Cuba
· 'Device' found in luggage was battery charger

Richard Norton-Taylor, Stephen Grey and Vikram Dodd
Tuesday March 28, 2006
The Guardian


MI5 knew that two British residents who were seized and secretly flown to Guantánamo Bay were carrying harmless items when it tipped off the CIA that they were in possession of bomb parts.
The disclosure is contained in high court documents released last night revealing the full extent of the government's role in the US practice of "extraordinary rendition" - in this case, of Bisher al-Rawi and Jamil el-Banna, in 2002.

The two men were seized in Gambia after a tip-off from MI5. British security officials had earlier detained the men at Gatwick airport before releasing them.