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I didn't say that.

Right, I was taken to a room

where there was an interrogator

from the State Security Service.

I couldn't answer his questions,

that's what happened to me.

I'm a British citizen

and it is your job to look

after my constitutional rights.

You will have your rights respected

Mr Ahmed, but you also have to

answer our questions.

How do you know Ismail Yassin?

Now you need to start respecting

my rights... now.

I'll spell it out for you,

"Guidance to intelligence officers

"on the detention and interviewing

of detainees overseas -

"You are instructed to investigate

allegations of torture against UK

citizens." Am I right?

You got to bring

complaints from those citizens

to the attention of the country

in which a detainee is tortured...

Why do you know all this

when you claim you only came

here to visit friends?

You don't think we get harassed

by people like you whenever

we want to go anywhere?

This is just what I tell

my brothers - know your rights.

Memorise that sh*t.

Rule number three says you gotta

withdraw from the interview

if you know that torture or inhuman

or degrading treatment

has been conducted.

If you refuse to carry out

your statutory duty towards me, I'll

complain to my Member of Parliament,

to my lawyer, to the media,

to Amnesty, to Liberty and to Human

Rights Watch, I will set you alight.

Mr Ahmed, do not threaten us.

You're in a very serious situation.

No, I'm not, you are.

The world has

changed for people like you now.

I'm an innocent man

and people are watching you.

We will withdraw from

this interview until we've

investigated your allegations

exactly, according to the rules.

You may be surprised to learn

that we do work by the rules here.

Yeah, good.

Don't think that this means that

you'll be able to control things.

You're in detention

upon our instruction

and will remain so until

we have concluded our business

with you. Is that clear?

This is ridiculous.

How can we not interview him?

We play it by the rules,

refer it to London.

We don't have the time for that.

We don't have a choice.

If my intelligence is right,

we could have ricin on the way

to the UK, right now.

Don't you get it? There is torture

all over this. It's lethal.

That's why it has to go to London.

I want to see the officer in charge

of the investigation.

Come on down, sir.

It's about...

Yes, OK.

My colleague from the Embassy.

This is Commandant El Halwani.

Thanks for your time.

I only have two moments.

We appreciate that.

What do you want to know?

We've just come from speaking

with Waleed Ahmed.

He claims that he was

tortured last night.

Is that true?

No, no, it is not.

He showed us marks on his body.

Yes, he was injured,

but it was resisting arrest.

I see.

One of my men was careless with him.

But I can assure you,

that he has the same injuries

as he had when he came in.

I saw the injuries myself.

So are you still investigating

the case against him?

Yes, yes, of course.

And have you found any

evidence of ricin production?

No, there is no

evidence of it at all.

Are you still looking?

Listen, I already told this

to your Embassy.

These men make castor oil.

They grow the plants,

they make the oil, they sell it.

This is all they do.

We have intelligence sources

that suggest...

If all we see is castor oil,

what do you want me to do?

Manufacture the ricin myself?

No, of course not.

But the farmers have admitted it.

Yes, they have admitted it

to the State Security Service.

But they have denied it to me.

I keep Mr Ahmed here only

because your Embassy asks me to.

Personally I would let him go.

Are we OK?

Yes. Thank you.

You're welcome.

Believe me,

nothing's changed in this country.

Our man's been tortured.

We must report it to London.

Erm, I'm afraid

I can't do dinner tonight.

I would love to but...

That's OK.

Who was Waleed's interrogator?

I don't have his name.

Can you get it for me

because I need to speak to him?

We should speak to London first.

I just want to set up a meeting.

It's easier if we do everything

through the Embassy.

Yeah, but I don't want to get

mired in bureaucracy.

Things have to be done properly.

I wouldn't think of doing

them improperly.

Of course not,

I wasn't implying that.

I'll speak to London

as soon as I get back.

They'll take it straight

to the Home Office.

I am sorry about dinner

and the hotel.

The restaurant's not bad, though.

Good.

Shukran.

My concern is that this won't be

given the attention it needs.

Judith will be talking

to Peter this evening

but that's as far as we can

take it tonight.

Yeah, but...

You will have to discuss it

with the Home Office

and then they will have to take

it on to the Home Secretary.

If things don't move

quickly then...

Edward, if no ricin has been found

and these confessions

are now dubious, then you will just

have to sit tight and wait.

Thank you.

Yet those who survived

now get only a fr...

Hello?

Lucy, it's Edward. I need a favour.

Can you find me the name

and number of the man

from the State Security Service

who interrogated Waleed?

Don't you think this should go

through Thomas?

I need you to find out in such a way

that the Embassy here won't know.

This should go through Thomas.

Right now they're putting

a block on everything

and I need to speak to him

as soon as possible.

Edward, do you realise what

you are asking me to do?

Lucy, please.

Yeah?

It's Edward.

Are we getting anywhere?

We should have some

news by end of play.

What does that mean?

It's going to take a while

to go up the chain.

Look, Edward, I have to take

this call, OK?

Was Waleed Ahmed tortured?

No, he was not.

I have seen him and he appears

to have been tortured.

If he is claiming that,

then he is lying.

How else would

he have got his injuries?

Resisting arrest. Beaten by a stick.

Taken by the throat.

But you'll

never get to the truth of it.

The police will deny everything.

So, you can interrogate him

yourselves.

Even by your own rules.

How about that Yassin

and the farmers' claim

that they were tortured -

is that true?

Yes.

They were tortured?

Yes.

By you?

Yes.

Personally?

Yes. Absolutely.

Then that causes me

a major problem, Colonel.

But you have the truth.

So you're certain that they were

manufacturing ricin

from castor beans?

Yes, absolutely.

And manufacturing

it for Waleed Ahmed?

Absolutely. 100%.

There is no question.

But no evidence of it

was found on the farm.

Who says this?

The investigating officer.

The police would not even have

bothered to search for it.

They are only concerned

with what happens here.

This is Asmiel Yassin.

Does he speak any English?

No.

Did you ask him

what Waleed has done with the ricin?

He doesn't know.

But we can deduce that the ricin

has left my country

and gone to your country.

That it was packaged off by your man

two days ago.

Two days ago?

What makes you think that?

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