The White House warned Wednesday that a British court's order releasing once- secret details of the harsh interrogation of a terrorism suspect could affect US-British intelligence sharing. 'We're deeply disappointed with the court's judgment today, because we shared this information in confidence and with certain expectations,' said Ben LaBolt, a spokesman for President Barack Obama. The ruling led to the disclosure of a seven-paragraph summary that called the questioning of Binyam Mohamed, a former Guantanamo Bay inmate, by US interrogators 'at the very least cruel, inhuman and degrading.' It also said Britain's use of the methods employed, including sustained sleep deprivation, 'would clearly have been in breach of the undertakings given by the United Kingdom in 1972' -- an apparent reference to an international convention prohibiting torture. 'As we warned, the court's judgment will complicate the confidentiality of our intelligence-sharing relationship with the UK, and it will have to factor into our decision-making going forward,' said LaBolt. 'This just means that we need to redouble our efforts to work through this challenge, because the UK remains a key partner in our collective efforts to suppress terrorism and other threats to our national security,' he said. Denis Blair, the US Director of National Intelligence, also heaped scorn on the decision, but said the two key allies would continue to work together to tackle extremists. 'The decision by a United Kingdom court to release classified information provided by the United States is not helpful, and we deeply regret it,' Blair said in a statement. 'The United States and the United Kingdom have a long history of close cooperation that relies on mutual respect for the handling of classified information. 'This court decision creates additional challenges, but our two countries will remain united in our efforts to fight against violent extremist groups.' Ethiopian-born Mohamed, 31, had come to Britain in 1994 seeking asylum. He was arrested in Pakistan in 2002 while trying to return to Britain and spent nearly seven years in US custody or in countries taking part in the US-run rendition program of terror suspects. After a lengthy campaign by his supporters, he became the first prisoner to be released from the detention center in the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba under President Barack Obama and returned to Britain in February last year. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband had fought the disclosure, warning that making public information from US intelligence agencies could endanger future cooperation between London and Washington. But High Court judges ruled there was 'overwhelming' public interest in publishing the material and that the risk to national security was 'not a serious one.' The judges said the content of the summary was already in the public domain following a decision in December by a US court in another case. LaBolt underlined that Washington 'made its strongly held views known throughout this process. We appreciate that the UK government stood by the principle of protecting foreign government intelligence in its court filings.' 