British PM admits mistakes made after 9/11

LONDON, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron said the establishment of the Guantanamo Bay prison camp for terror suspects after Sept. 11, 2001, was a mistake.

Cameron said in an interview Friday Britain and the United States lost some of their moral authority after making mistakes in the wake of Sept. 11, the establishment of the Guantanamo Bay prison being a main mistake, The Guardian reported.

"Yes, we can certainly see with hindsight, and in some ways at the time, mistakes were made in that we lost some of our moral authority, which is vital to keep when you're trying to make your case in the world," he said.

However, the U.S. and U.K. governments were responding to what Cameron described as an extraordinarily difficult time.

"Remember how many British people, how many French people, how many Germans, how many people of all nationalities were killed on 11 September," he said. "All of those governments and the American government were thinking this is going to happen again. This is going to happen very quickly. Maybe it'll be a chemical or biological attack. That point was made very forcefully."