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Foreign Office denies rendition 'whitewash'

By John Sparks

Updated on 10 June 2007

There was no cover up in the investigation into CIA 'torture flights' carried out by Britain's top police officers - the Foreign Office has insisted.

There was no cover up in the investigation into CIA 'torture flights' carried out by Britain's top police officers - the Foreign Office has insisted.

The Association of Chief Police Officers also denied its inquiry amounted to a whitewash.

The investigation found no evidence that extraordinary rendition flights had used UK airports - but human rights campaigners have questioned how far ACPO looked into the claims.

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