LONDON -- U.S. intelligence agencies misled key allies, including
, about its mistreatment of terrorism suspects, the former head of the country's domestic spy agency, MI5, said Tuesday.
Eliza Manningham-Buller, who retired in 2007 and is now a member of the House of Lords, said the United States deliberately suppressed details of its harsh handling of some detainees, including accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed.
"The Americans were very keen that people like us did not discover what they were doing," Manningham-Buller said at a meeting in Britain's Parliament.
Britain's spy agencies have come under heavy criticism for their alleged collusion in the torture overseas of terrorism suspects, including detainees held in U.S. custody.
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