The Observer view on why Britain’s role in torture must be revealed in full

British intelligence officers were present at, or knew about, hundreds of incidents, working alongside the CIA and other American partners in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantánamo.Scattered throughout the reports is overriding concern not for human rights but fear of offending the US, and of being excluded from the intelligence gained through methods that breach international law.The UK inquiry began in 2010 under a judge, Sir Peter Gibson, but he ended up publishing only an interim report, st