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30
Jul
2007

But Will They Listen?

Filed under: Civil Liberties, General News, Political — Longrider @ 17:58 pm

There is not enough evidence to support extending the 28-day limit on holding terrorism suspects before charge, a committee of MPs and peers has said.

They are right, but will the control freaks take note?

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has said there is a “weight of opinion” that “we may well be getting to the point where 28 days will not be long enough” to be in a position to charge someone, due to the growing complexity of some terrorist plots.

Oh, well, there you are, then… a weight of opinion; what more could you want?
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Comment by Urko

# July 31, 2007,

This (like some much of our current Lords and Masters stupidity) would, as the cliche has it, be funny if it wasn’t so serious. When we say we don’t like the ID cards database because of the potential for abuse by criminals and unscrupulous officials, they say “you can’t deny us this on the basis of what might happnen”. When we ask why they want to imprison people without evidence and trial for long periods they say “because of what they might be planning”

As usual - one version of the truth for them, and a different one for us.

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