[lit-ideas] Re: Brits do it better
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:07:59 +0100
I thought, Eric, our police and security services had warrants
for the surveillance.
Judy
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From: "Eric Yost" <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 9:49 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Brits do it better
>
>
> U.S. Homeland Security forbidden by law from tactics Brits
> used to foil attack
>
>
> The Homeland Security Department has neither the legal nor
> technical tools to match the British capture of terrorist
> operatives before they were about to blow up passenger
> airliners.
>
> Officials said U.S. law would not have allowed the FBI to
> conduct the type of surveillance that led Britain to uncover
> the al Qaeda cell and capture what could be the network’s
> chief. They said the department also does not have the
> funding to detect new types of bombs used by al Qaeda.
>
> ''What helped the British in this case is the ability to be
> nimble, to be fast, to be flexible, to operate based on
> fast-moving information,'' Homeland Security Secretary
> Michael Chertoff said.
>
> Officials said British authorities have greater powers of
> surveillance and investigation, which facilitated the
> capture of more than 20 suspected al Qaeda plotters. In
> contrast, they said, Congress has been reviewing the Bush
> administration's warrantless eavesdropping program and
> military tribunals.
>
> full story at:
> http://www.insightmag.com/Media/MediaManager/DHS.htm
>
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