Thursday, December 24, 2015

UK Government attempting to keep details of secret security pact with Saudi Arabia hidden from public

"The British Government signed a secret security pact with Saudi Arabia and is now attempting to prevent details of the deal from being made public. 
The Home Secretary Theresa May agreed to the so-called ‘memorandum of understanding’ with her Saudi counter-part Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef during a visit to the Kingdom last year.
The Home Office released no details of her trip at the time or announced that the deal had been signed. The only public acknowledgement was a year later in a Foreign Office report which obliquely referenced an agreement to “modernise the Ministry of the Interior”.
But now following a Freedom of Information request from the Liberal Democrats, who were in Government at the time, it has emerged that the agreement is far wider than has been acknowledged."