It was a Brit, I believe, who had a poem, "Oh what tangled web we weave, - - - - "

The US may have used UK airports to transport terror suspects on more occasions than the two so far admitted, a leaked government memo suggests."

"It advises that the government avoid detailed questions on the flights, and stress their anti-terrorist purpose."

"But we think we should now try to move the debate on and focus people instead on (US Secretary of State Condoleezza) Rice's clear assurance that US activities are consistent with their domestic and international obligations and never include the use of torture".

"The memo suggests that Whitehall officials were worried that US activities may be illegal under international law.

"In the most common use of the term - ie, involving real risk of torture - it could never be legal because this is clearly prohibited by the UN Convention Against Torture," it says."