Global torture
Rosalind Robson reviews “The Dirty Business” , 1 March, Channel 4 Andrew Gilligan’s investigation was part of a series of Channel 4 films about the US’s organisation and sponsorship of torture around the world. Officially both the US (and the UK) condemn the use of torture and human rights abuses. But it is fair weather opposition. What would Gordon Brown have said if any reporter had bothered to ask him whether, on his recent visit to China, he had given the government an ear-bashing about their abuse of human rights? He might have replied like this: “Well, er, as mindful as I am about those...