Move in 'torture flights' row
A LABOUR peer yesterday gave the Scottish Executive details of an inquiry being carried out into alleged secret rendition flights.
Lord Foulkes, the Labour MSP for Lothians region, said he had made the move to forestall any future "misunderstanding" between Holyrood and Westminster.
The investigation is being carried out by the government intelligence and security committee, of which Lord Foulkes is a member. Alex Salmond, the First Minister, said on Sunday that the Executive was ready to look at evidence that Scottish airports have been used by CIA rendition flights.
He issued an open invitation to human rights groups to meet the justice secretary, Kenny MacAskill, over the issue.
Mr Salmond's move came after a report by UK police chiefs concluded that Britain did not allow CIA "torture flights" to use its airports to take terrorist suspects out of Europe.
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