Jacqui Smith plans further incursions into our private lives We are in greater danger from this woman and Gordon Brown’s Labour government than we might ever be from a handful of terrorists. What’s up with this dreadful woman? Fed up because the Counter Terrorism Bill has been emasculated by the House of Lords? Now she wants to

Anyone who thought that the government would only use its anti terrorism legislation for fighting terrorism, think again.

As you would expect from someone who grew up in Ilkeston, Stella Rimington is a no-nonsense kind of woman. And she reckons the government's obsession with terrorism is nonsense. In an interview with a Spanish newspaper, the former head of MI5 accused the government of a draconian over-reaction to the threat from terrorism. The effect of the new anti-terrorism laws, she argued, would damage civil l...

At least 46 convicted terrorists who have been either released from prison or are close to being freed, "pose a risk" to the public and face tight new controls on their freedom, a secret Government document discloses.

A new controversy has erupted over the government's counter-terrorism bill after it was revealed it grants the government powers to hold inquests in secret.

The silence around counter-terrorism activities increases mistrust in the government and helps fuel conspiracy theories which can tip people into extremism, a think-tank will

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The British government’s new counter terrorism strategy was unveiled yesterday accompanied by the usual fanfare of publicity, designed to remind us that terrorists are lurking under the bed and so best allow further erosion of our civil liberties, reminding too those who may be prone to acts of terror – namely peaceful protesters – that

• System aimed to speed up intelligence on terrorism • Watchdog 'appalled' after second phase abandoned A multimillion-pound computer project designed to improve Britain's security by giving key government officials speedy access to secret intelligence on terrorism and other threats has been scrapped in a move described as "appalling" yesterday by a watchdog of senior MPs ...

Yes, I know I am peculiar, but here I am gagging to know what happened in last night's LibDem Federal Excutive meeting - after President Ros Scott told us all about the meeting.I have looked in all the normal haunts, but not a whisper came there as to what happened.Are the dealings of the Federal Executive a state secret?