Thursday, July 26, 2007

Interestingly the Mirror this morning uses the arrest of its journalists yesterday to point out the fallability of Gordon Brown's proposed new terror laws

Says the paper

The disquieting experience of these two Mirror journalists raises hugely worrying questions

TWO Daily Mirror journalists were arrested under anti-terror laws, and their homes raided at midnight by police, after they tried to test security at a rail depot.
Reporter Tom Parry and photographer Roger Allen were held for 12 hours and quizzed at length under the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001.
Meanwhile their family homes were being searched and computers, photographic equipment and even personal possessions seized by British Transport Police officers.
The heavy-handed response shows how the Act could be misused to intimidate journalists on a legitimate assignment - and raises questions over whether the authorities can be trusted with new powers under Gordon Brown's 56 day detention proposals.



Really?

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