Neat tidbit of info. I'm sure to this day someone in the UK is without doubt that McDonalds supported the IRA (the terrorist one, not the crappy retirement fund) and hates the US for it.
You use a curious word, direct. To me that infers first hand knowledge. Do you have direct knowledge of US prisioner abuse? For that matter do you have direct knowledge of UK travelers in the US being detained or is from the mass media?