Files obtained in Guantanamo case
Secret UK intelligence documents that could help free the last British resident in Guantanamo Bay have been handed over to his American lawyers following a sudden Government "change of heart".
But a senior judge condemned the UK authorities for fighting a long and expensive legal battle - until now - to avoid disclosing the documents to the legal team acting for Shaker Aamer.
Lord Justice Sullivan, sitting with Mr Justice Lloyd Jones at London's High Court on Wednesday, said: "The wasted time and money has just been enormous, it seems to us."
Mr Aamer, 42, alleges British intelligence officers were present on at least two occasions when he suffered torture in US custody but did not assist him.
Born in Saudi Arabia, he is a permanent UK resident, married to a British national who lives with their four children in London.
He has been detained by the US authorities as a terror suspect for over seven years, but never been charged with any offence.