The High Court will hear details of an injunction served on a former SAS soldier aimed at preventing him making further disclosures about the work of special forces in Iraq.
Ben Griffin, 29, gave a press conference in London on Monday saying that Gordon Brown, Tony Blair and other senior Government officials should be charged with breaches of international conventions protecting individuals from torture over the alleged involvement of British forces in detaining people in Iraq.
He told the press conference that British special forces were being used to detain suspects for extraordinary rendition and he claimed that the UK/US task force had broken international law.
Extraordinary rendition is the process in which US forces have transported terror suspects around the world for interrogation.
The Ministry of Defence said last night that Mr Justice Openshaw had granted an injunction restraining Mr Griffin from making further disclosures relating to work of UK special forces.
A further application will be made in the High Court today.
It is believed that Mr Griffin will challenge the injunction.
Mr Griffin left the British Army in 2005 after serving three months in Baghdad.
By Alan Jones
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