Senior US officials have revealed the case against four British terror suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp to counter pressure from London for their release, a British newspaper reported on Monday.
The unnamed officials for the first time broke a silence about around 640 detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to say the Britons posed "a serious threat" and would continue to fight if released, the Daily Telegraph said.
The report comes as Britain's Home Secretary David Blunkett promised to take up the issue with US President George W. Bush's administration during a trip to Washington this week after criticising the way the men were being treated.
"People have a right to legal representation and to challenge the decisions taken," Blunkett told Sky News on Sunday.
"That is not the case in Guantanamo Bay and I shall be raising the situation of the four who remain there and the conditions under which they are held."