MI5 Now Oppose Extending Terror Detention Limit...?

Question

Isn't it time for Labour to just ditch the idea altogether?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/09/nterror109.xml

The head of MI5 has said he will not support the detention of terror suspects beyond 28 days, striking a fresh blow against Gordon Brown's anti-terror plans.

Jonathan Evans told MPs at a private meeting that he was not willing to back the Government's proposal to extend to 42 days the period for which suspected terrorists may be detained without charge.

The Prime Minister is already under pressure on the issue with growing opposition among MPs threatening him with a Commons defeat.

A report by the Home Affairs select committee is expected to cite strong opposition to the plans from senior figures including Sir Ken MacDonald, the Director of Public Prosecutions, and Lord Goldsmith, the former attorney general.

Answer 1

Seems good sense may be returning.

The limit to detention times is a protection to us all. The I Have Nothing To Fear Brigade are in fact closing their eyes to the dangers it holds for them in out increasingly police influenced state

Answer 2

like everything else theyll get it through , u watch it will be denied and some time in the not to distant future there will be some small terrorist event in which the perp will have been taken in custody only held for 28 days and yielded no info .

i can just see it now , the point is these laws will be used against everyman in the end and it doesnt matter who opposes there agenda theyll still keep trying toget it through and probably will .

Answer 3

Yet so many people here were angry that people detained for 5 years in Guantanamo without charge were being released and returned to UK where they had right of residence.

So is it a terrible idea of our government to want to hold people without charge for more than 28 days, but OK for the Americans to hold people without charge for over 5 years? I'm confused!

Answer 4

And rightly so.. this is not America. Emperor Gordon Brownaparte is not the Pres of the USA . he is a second rate tyrant who can't do his job.

if no proof of a crime then let the suspect go because there is no crime, 28 days is long enough, to long as far as i am concerned

Answer 5

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