In Wake of Plot, Justice Dept. Will Study Britain’s Terror Laws

[JLB]

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/15/washington/15detain.html

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 — Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales on Monday ordered a side-by-side review of American and British counterterrorism laws as a first step toward determining whether further changes in American law are warranted.
The plot to blow up airliners bound from Britain to the United States has highlighted differences in legal policies between the two allies, with American officials suggesting that their British counterparts have greater flexibility to prevent attacks.

[JLB]

I wonder why this has not happened many years ago?

[JLB]

I'm surprised nobody wishes to offer their opinion on this.

Newly revised British counterterrorism laws, for instance, allow the authorities to hold a suspect for 28 days without charges, where American law generally requires that a suspect held in the civilian court system be charged or released within 48 hours.

[Green Lantern]

I'm surprised nobody wishes to offer their opinion on this.

Newly revised British counterterrorism laws, for instance, allow the authorities to hold a suspect for 28 days without charges, where American law generally requires that a suspect held in the civilian court system be charged or released within 48 hours.

We have a constitution and a separation of powers, they have common law. The British Parliment can write any law it wants and the courts have to go along with it.

We don't work that way. We try to keep the government in check because we see it as a threat to our liberty.

[Green Lantern]

I wonder why this has not happened many years ago?

Because we never wanted England as a colony until the EU gained influence.

[JLB]

We have a constitution and a separation of powers, they have common law. The British Parliment can write any law it wants and the courts have to go along with it.

We don't work that way. We try to keep the government in check because we see it as a threat to our liberty.

I don't disagree.
I just thought this story might generate more response.
Thanks for yours I agree completely with your statement.

[JLB]

Because we never wanted England as a colony until the EU gained influence.
Again good comment.
Do they IYO have anything to offer us in security technique?

[Green Lantern]

Again good comment.
Do they IYO have anything to offer us in security technique?


I think they still do the "take no prisoners" technique for hostage-takers. They consider all hostages as dead already so they kick in the doors, crash through the windows, spray the room with automatic fire and rejoice in the number of people who did not die in the process.

They have very few bank robberies or hostage-takings.

[JLB]

I think they still do the "take no prisoners" technique for hostage-takers. They consider all hostages as dead already so they kick in the doors, crash through the windows, spray the room with automatic fire and rejoice in the number of people who did not die in the process.

They have very few bank robberies or hostage-takings.

To dramatic for me.

[JLB]

Report: UK cops find martyr tapes

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/08/18/uk.terror.plot.ap/index.html

LONDON, England (AP) -- Several martyr videos were reportedly discovered on at least six laptops owned by some of the 23 suspects being questioned in the foiled terror plot to bomb as many as 10 jetliners bound for the United States.