It seems from the news that the police/authorities were aware or had awareness of the suspects of the latest attacks but were not able to do more than monitor them before they committed the crime. Should the authorities have more power?
2007-07-09 17:25:50 · 20 answers · asked by Bob S 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
pakwak you have a big problem, get over it! my question was not racist or directed at racist groups. We have had home grown terrorists here and most of the terrorist attacks in Iraq are carried out by Iraqi's. So please don't play the racialist card here.
2007-07-09 18:14:09 · update #1
It has been widely reported that the authorities were aware that the perbitraters were a threat long before the attacks took place. However, because of the British law they were unable to arrest or detain them. Bob s asked a good question. Please provide a good answer.
Trix I thing you are about right.
Bring back "Dad's Army"....Think about it!
2007-07-09 18:46:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the spy game the target can disappear from the radar screen.
A lot of things are thought 'easy' with hindsight, but the reality is often quite different.
A lot may also depend upon just how much communication and team work there is between the various agencies working in the field.
If you were an Mi5 operative, would you be willing to divulge information concerning a suspect if you did not trust Scotland Yard to keep it's mouth shut.
There is always the possibility that someone will want to make a public splash about what they're doing so as to grab the laurel for themselves.
There is also the possibility that some people in the spy game may want to take the opportunity to settle old scores. It happens. Just like murdering a neighbour during an air raid during the London Blitz and throwing the dead body into a bomb crater and covering it with rubble. It happened. It happens.
All sorts of low-life people are employed in the spy-game and not very many of them are actually nice. A lot will sell their own grandmother for a fix.
The anti-terrorist organisations do not need more powers. They can shoot to kill and often do. The only reason they do not kill is quite often because the suspect may lead to others in a cell or group. Otherwise, bang, bang, you're dead!
Anyone they cannot deal with here in UK is flown out care of the CiA, on a flight to somewhere not very nice.
Best thing is to allow the spies to spy and just shut up about it.
2007-07-09 19:22:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. With each person under surveillance by the security services requiring between 20-25 staff to watch them 24/7 and at least 2000 people who require surveilling (according to MI5 and the Home Office), it is not possible to watch each and every suspicious person every minute of every day. A determined terrorist will find a way to avoid even the tightest of security. Otherwise, Bin Laden would have been found and executed long since.
What is equally as worrying is that whilst all the attention of the security forces is focused on the 2000 or so suspected terrorists, they are unable to investigate other serious organised crime such as drug or people trafficking. There is only so much money and only so many resources available so what do you do? It's a dilemma - thwart a terrorist attack which may cause millions of pounds worth of damage and kill an unknown number of people or bust a major drug supply ring or paedophile ring which arguably causes as much damage in the long term in loss of life and associated criminality?
2007-07-10 00:53:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
More power for the police service are not the answer, especially when it is the police themselves that are demanding them;the police will always justify such requests on the grounds of security and public safety. The public need to be more involved, more nosey and inquisitive about the activities of neighbours and strangers in their midst, of whatever stripe, and much less apathetic.The British society and way of life are under threat from a comparative few who for their own perverted ends would destroy our beautiful and tolerant way of life. If we don't ALL act together to protect what others have died to give us, then the terrorists will succeed and we will deserve the outcome.
2007-07-09 18:23:05 · answer #4 · answered by Trixie Bordello 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO I DO NOT!
they do not know how to use the power they have! Most of the so called "security" that we see is theatre, and has NOTHING to do with actually improving real security.
ALL of the suspected terrorists that have been caught so far have been caught by good old-fashioned police work, not by the totally insidious and unnecessary surveylance that is now inflicted on us all.
Want to learn more? go to;
www.schneier.com
Bruce Schneier is on of the world's leading experts on many aspects of security, and there you will find some REAL sense being spoken about security issues. What he has to say is fascinating, but you will not find any British or American government people in there, because it is not what they want to hear.
Enjoy
2007-07-09 17:34:44 · answer #5 · answered by The Lone Gunman 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, authorities need not more power, rather there should be posed visible co- power which is today known as "explanations of power" according to UN conversions and Human Rights etc.
When u mentioned in yours; "the police/authorities were aware..." with that u were hinting on how explanation of power according to UN... works. That is to say any authority oughtn't have her business alone behind closed doors and barred from co-power authorities.
In this regard - the working tool "explanation of power" - should always be visible to law takers - u and me.
2007-07-10 00:20:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think all the powers we need are already in place. The problem seems to be the Government's reluctance to come down hard on terrorists. Unlike other countries, who wish to protect their citizens, the UK doesn't even check out visa applications with Interpol who have a vast amount of info on terrorists world wide.
2007-07-09 20:02:26 · answer #7 · answered by Beau Brummell 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think the police and security service's need more power, their are enough laws out there for them to use, A lot of the problem comes from the Muslim community who are not policing their own community, since the days of the IRA the police and security service's have had to adapt their activities to cope with a community that is very insular, and this will take years for them to build their contacts within this community but so far they have been very successful with their fight on terrorism, but a lot of that is down to luck, we cant rely on luck alone.
2007-07-09 19:24:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
More power? What good will that do? since 9/11 authorities have been getting more and more power yet we are still in danger. Maybe the government should stop attacking its own people then blaming foreign enemies then we might be safe!
2007-07-09 23:00:31 · answer #9 · answered by Nerav 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Once you lose liberty you never get it back.
Turning the nation into an armed camp means the terrorists have won.
Don't imagine that repressive laws will only apply to other people. Once they are in place they can be applied to you, often for quite a different reason
2007-07-09 17:41:51 · answer #10 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋