Of course the matter that it is an embarrasing secret has nothing to do wit it, does it?
I wonder how many bits of classified info get passed on each and everyday? To make out that this is an "unheard of event" is utter nonsense.
If it was marked at a higher classification level or if it was info that could directly hurt someone, then fine, but as I mentioned before, all that has happened is that he has been accused of something, not convicted.
Let's leave the hanging and flogging until after the verdict shall we? Or does due process not exist in the American military?
How about not mentioning this little bit of "classified intelligence"...
On Wednesday, two British judges claimed that the US had threatened to stop sharing intelligence with the UK if it made public details of Mr Mohamed's treatment.
They said it was "difficult to conceive" that a democratically elected and accountable government could have any rational objection to publishing the summary of Mr Mohamed's treatment by US agencies.
What they were trying to get out into the open was the treatment that this chap had had whilst staying at the US leisure complex for bad boys in Cuba.
Why wouldn't the US want details of his treatment at their hands being allowed out into the open? More embarrassment perhaps?
This is becoming a bit of a theme........!