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Head Sir John Scarlett says officers 'committed to human rights values' as row mounts over abuse of detainees abroadSir John Scarlett, the head of MI6, today denied his officers were complicit in torture as the government faced increasing pressure over the abuse of detainees abroad.A cross-party group of MPs yesterday demanded the publication of guidelines given to the security and intelligence agencies, and more democratic accountability over MI5 and MI6.Scarlett told BBC Radio 4's A Century in the Shadows programme there was 'no torture and no complicity in torture' by the British secret service.'Our officers are as committed to the values and the human rights values of liberal democracy as anybody else,' he said.However, he added: 'They also have the responsibility of protecting the country against terrorism, and these issues need to be debated and understood in that context.'The foreign secretary, David Miliband, and the home secretary, Alan Johnson, yesterday reiterated the govern