Not sure there is much to add to the commentary available on the MI5 briefing note which was ‘leaked’ to the Grauniad. Apart from, perhaps, noting that this ‘leak’ may not have been a ‘leak’ as such. All jokes aside, if there is no way of identifying a terrorist, then snooping on us all is just that little bit more justified isn’t it?
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Hardly surprising news: A Whitehall counter-terrorism unit is targeting media organisations as part of a global propaganda push designed to “taint the al-Qaida brand”. (Although they seem to do a good enough job on their own.)
This has prompted concern about interference in the BBC’s editorial independence, which the organisation strongly denies.
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Septic Isle, one of the bloggers at Abu Muqawama and the Guardian’s Alan Travis offer some commentary on the MI5 briefing note regarding (Muslim) terrorist profiles, which was ‘leaked’ earlier this week.
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Yahya Birt asks, “just how big a threat is ‘Islamic’ terrorism?”
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A report from the all-party Lords constitution committee will attack the government’s “quasi-judicial” plans to lock terror suspects for 42-days without charge. The report will say that the new powers will undermine the chances of a fair trial for suspects.
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The top ten strangest anti-terrorism patents.
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Matthew Hogan reviews Crush the Cell: How to Defeat Terrorism Without Terrorizing Ourselves at ‘Aqoul.
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Police are investigating a “serious” security breach after a civil servant lost top-secret documents containing the latest intelligence on al-Qaeda.
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Labour announces yet another new plan to “tackle violent extremism”.
