The SNP [Scottish National Party] are scaling back the role of a company it commissioned to provide "back office" services in the 2011 census in an attempt to placate widespread criticism that the Scottish government is helping bankroll a firm whose US parent company [CACI International] is facing a lawsuit for its alleged involvement in torture at Baghdad's notorious Abu Ghraib prison. In a letter…the energy, enterprise and tourism minister, details plans to "minimise" the part of CACI (UK) in collecting and handling personal data…CACI (UK)…said "the allegation [of detainee abuse] remains totally unfounded and unproven…"