After years of denial, it looks like the Bush administration has been shown the light. The US Supreme Court's recent ruling that the president alone can't remove prisoners' rights to a fair trial without Congressional approval undoubtedly has something to do with it.

Coincidentally (don't you just love the Guardian?) the ex-chief-spy of British MI6 has also just been reported criticising Guantanamo and "rendition" of prisoners to countries willing to outsource torture. This one's worth quoting: