U.S.-British info sharing said threatened

LONDON, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- A British court ruling that secret information about a terror detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, be released threatens intelligence sharing, officials say.

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband Friday denounced the decision by Britain's High Court justices in the case of Binyam Mohamed, a former Guantanamo Bay inmate who alleges he was tortured. The court ruled Britain must publish U.S. intelligence, The Daily Telegraph reported.

The newspaper said Miliband asserted the government was "deeply disappointed" by the ruling and would appeal it, while Ian Kelly, a U.S. State Department spokesman, said in Washington a "confidential channel" must remain in place if intelligence sharing between Britain and in the United States is to continue "to the fullest extent possible."

The High Court rejected Miliband's argument that publishing U.S. files on Mohamed would jeopardize U.S.-British intelligence sharing, saying there was "overwhelming" public interest in releasing it.

Mohamed, a British resident released this year after seven years in U.S. custody, says he is innocent of allegations he worked with the Taliban in Pakistan and that any evidence against him was obtained through torture, the Telegraph reported.