US Should Follow British Example...
Stardate 4834.3
Tony Blair was humiliated in parliament when even 40 members of Blair's own party voted against the new Terror Bill which would have allowed police to detain terror suspects for up to 90 days without charge instead of the current 14 days. The vote was 322 to 291 in favor of scrapping the Bill.
Many opposition members and Labour MPs say the Bill infringes on civil liberties...
An amendment was later accepted, raising the length of detainment to 28 days.
This is a far cry from the period the US uses for detaining suspects without charge. That period is indefinately...
Tony Blair was humiliated in parliament when even 40 members of Blair's own party voted against the new Terror Bill which would have allowed police to detain terror suspects for up to 90 days without charge instead of the current 14 days. The vote was 322 to 291 in favor of scrapping the Bill.
Many opposition members and Labour MPs say the Bill infringes on civil liberties...
An amendment was later accepted, raising the length of detainment to 28 days.
This is a far cry from the period the US uses for detaining suspects without charge. That period is indefinately...
posted by Zaphod at 12:56 PM
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