Be Afraid
Check out these two, ahem, unrelated, ahem, pieces of news today.
Terror limit ‘could be doubled’
The 28-day limit on holding terror suspects without charge is likely to be doubled by the government.
Home Office Minister Tony McNulty said the government wanted to extend the limit, “probably” to 56 days.
‘Thousands’ pose UK terror threat
There are at least 2,000 people in the UK who pose a threat to national security because of their support for terrorism, the head of MI5 has said.
Jonathan Evans said there had been a rise of 400 since November 2006.
Hmm.
It appears that the new head of MI5 is participating in a co-ordinated attempt to set the news agenda in preparation for Gordon Brown’s first Queen’s speech tomorrow. And, if the news bulletins I’ve heard this evening are anything to go by, he has succeeded.
Because using the secret services to disseminate fear in order to generate support for a proposed government policy is a hallmark of a truly democratic country…
Quote of the Day said,
November 6, 2007 @ 11:59 am
[…] Because using the secret services to disseminate fear in order to generate support for a proposed government policy is a hallmark of a truly democratic country… […]
Tim Ireland said,
November 6, 2007 @ 12:41 pm
We’ve been here before:
http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2004/11/were_all_going.asp