In the UK we've been warned about the threat posed by Islamic terrorists, plots have been foiled and security services tell us that thousands of people are involved. So what do we do? Let terror suspects vanish.
Three suspects held under controversial British anti-terrorism "control orders" have absconded this week, police said on Wednesday, an embarrassing blow for a key plank of Tony Blair's security strategy.
The announcement, following the disappearances of at least two other suspects last year, means that more than a quarter of those subject to the controversial orders -- imposed on suspects who are not charged with a crime -- are now missing.
This would seem to imply to someone with a functioning brain that the program isn't quite working out- and yet it seems to be business as usual.
The three were named as Lamine Adam, 26, Ibrahim Adam, 20, and Cerie Bullivant, 24. The Adams were both born in Algeria and were described as of North African origin. Bullivant was born in Britain and listed as white.
The government used to have the power to jail terrorism suspects like this but the courts have struck down the rule. Obviously the question is why were the foreign born nationals allowed to remain in the UK if they posed a threat to the British people? And if the British-born subject was such a threat why wasn't he actually monitored more closely if not actually jailed?
So long after 9/11 and 7/7, there's no excuse for amateur hour antics like this.
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They are arresting so many people now that there is no real evidence on they just can't legally keep them in a secure location nor look after them outside. When they run we hear they are not a threat. If not, why are they in custody?
In the meantime people who don't hold a copy of the anarchists cookbook are walking freely around. Pray then that their targets are politicians.
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