UK INTELLIGENCE officials said to be providing information on targets for CIA drone strikes in Pakistan could be “encouraging or assisting murder” and the commission of war crimes, the High Court has heard.
The son of a Pakistani man killed by a missile from a drone wants a ruling that the UK government’s alleged policy of passing on information on individuals to the CIA is unlawful.
Lawyers for Foreign Secretary William Hague have urged the two judges to block the application brought by 27-year-old Noor Khan, arguing the case raises issues relating to sovereign foreign states that cannot be determined by the English courts.