Could the UK become embroiled in human rights abuses in future?

In the years after 9/11, UK intelligence agencies were involved in 598 cases in which prisoners were tortured or placed at risk of mistreatment.Intelligence officers were giving consent, or watching the torture, or supplying questions and receiving answers.Immediately after 11 September, MI6, MI5 and the military were anxious to protect the UK and its interests against attacks by al-Qaida.