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http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-New ... 4272?f=rss

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Here is the BBC’s report, which tries to offer a more balanced view.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8476318.stm

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paulzolo wrote:
Here is the BBC’s report, which tries to offer a more balanced view.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8476318.stm


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Last week the European Court of Human Rights ruled the power to stop people without suspicion was indiscriminate.

The government is appealing, saying it is vital to make cities a hostile place for any possible attacker.


And, er, everybody else in the process :oops:

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Indeed.
I have to say I wholeheartedly agreed with a statement by Dara O'Briain on MtW last week, admittedly about the new airport scanners.
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...the ongoing war on terrorism. If we now have to show our genitals to a man in a box before going on our holidays then I think they've won.

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The government is appealing, saying it is vital to make cities a hostile place for any possible attacker.

And, er, everybody else in the process :oops:
Just what I was thinking.
And just how stupid do they thing terrorists are? They're not likely to send people who are known to the photograph targets. They send someone else or just use Google. :roll: It's the most pointless law ever.

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They send someone else or just use Google. :roll: It's the most pointless law ever.

Indeed

The police drug squads use Google streetview in order to identify houses that are potential pot farms.

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I think they must be distracting from the real matter for Daily Fail readers, it means all skinny non smoking, teetotal people must be paedophiles! ;)

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