UK: Counter the Threat or Counterproductive?

Commentary on Proposed Counterterrorism Measures

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• Executive Summary

• Recommendations

• Extending Detention without Charge

• Damaging Impact on the “Battle for Hearts and Minds”

• Options 1 and 2: Extending Pre-charge Detention Time-limits

• Option 3: Reliance on Emergency Powers

• Option 4: Judge-managed Detention without Time-limits

• Enhanced Sentencing and Notification Requirements

• Intercept Evidence

• Definition of Terrorism

October 2007 Number 1