That Jacqui Smich bitch...
I guess the problem from a uk'ers point of view is as it's based on anti terrorism laws (which not all here think are right) there's the possibility these can be used to help spirit uk nationals out of the country to illegal detention elsewhere, or build circumstantial evidence only in cases which determine a persons freedom/extradition/detention where there is no real indication of guilt as part of further investigations.
Aside from any us involvement, the fact that
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Police have been given the right to view in "real time" any CCTV images from cameras that are meant to be enforcing the congestion charge.
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annoys many here. It would seem that without special cause to to so to prevent an attack on the capital, they are free to use it as they please. Already local councils have used new powers linked to anti terrorism legislation to spy on residents in the matter of whether or not they are taking their kids to the right school for their catchment area...
To be blunt, it's bad enough having our own authorities spying on us 24-7 without having a foreign power who's 'pre-emptive' attitude and penchant for so called illegal detention by using grey areas of law and suspicious loopholes is worrying at times, even if said country is supposed to be our bestest-buddy; it wasn't so long back that the us considered the uk to be more of a threat to its national security with islamic terrorism than pakistan or any other middle east country. But in years past none of this mattered when funding of the ira and sinn fein by american interests was on the cards. The 'special relationship' didn't seem to count for much then, and I doubt it really does now either. |
