Detainee scandal heats up in Britain

The Guardian details the developments leading to an inquiry into the use of "hooding" of detainees in Iraq. The headline overzealously states that hooding as been "banned" when in fact the Department of Defense's policies are merely being reviewed. Minister of Defense Geoff Hoon admitted recently that British forces have kept captives in hoods. Hooding has been banned in the UK since the early 1970s.

Following pressure from a Physicians group and the launching of an independent inquiry into the death of a detainee in Basra, the High Court as received demands for an investigation into the silence of Doctors who allegedly treated abused Iraqi prisoners. The Sunday Times reports.