UK Government currently unable to contest compensation claims due to the secret nature of the evidence.
Daily Mail-Online 19th October 2011
Secret hearings will be held in terror compensation cases, in an attempt to stop the taxpayer being used as a £1million ‘cashpoint’ for fanatics.
The move is designed to end the dilemma faced by the Cabinet Office when MI5 and MI6 hold classified intelligence on terror suspects who are lodging compensation claims, which under civil court rules must be released to them and their lawyers.
It follows public outrage over payouts of millions of pounds to 16 terror suspects, including former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed, who claimed they had been mistreated by security and intelligence officials.
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“All angles are being probed, including the involvement of Sikh terrorist outfits and Pakistan-based groups”, sources told Deccan Herald.



Inquisition: Jamie Murray, owner of Salt and Light cafe, has been threatened with arrest, for displaying passages from the Bible on a TV screen
Fundamentalist cleric Anjem Choudary said Cheryl Cole’s trip to Afghanistan was ‘outrageous’ (Picture: Ministry of Defence/PA)
Cheryl Cole has brushed aside the threats by enjoying a Girls Aloud reunion (Picture: @nicolaroberts/@cherylcole/Twitter)

