The UK government quashed torture lawsuits by saying that admitting the facts would embarrass the US. Then it began [ lobbying the CIA to stop the US Senate from acknowledging the torture ]( http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2014/04/uk-moves-to-block-us-senate-report-to-protect-blair-straw-and-dearlove/ ) , because if it did, that would pull the rug out from under the UK's self-serving argument.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#13_August_2014_%28UK_and_US_torture_collusion%29