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[denny]

...on balance, the home secretary says, he believes ID cards would help rather than hinder the ability to deal with particular terrorist threats.

This is my unsurprised face.

Comments

[zotz]

On the other hand, he's effectively disarmed all the people who would argue that yesterday has increased the need for them, by saying that they wouldn't have helped in that case. It's an important statement.

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

I think it was pre-emptive, to stop the anti-ID card lobby from making PR mileage by pointing it out.

Maybe I'm just extra-cynical before breakfast :)

[zotz]

He could just have maintained that they would have helped. It'd be no more ridiculous than a lot of the current stance.

[kaet.livejournal.com]

On balance, an oppresive secret service would probably help rather than hinder the ability to deal with particular terrorist threats, too. It's about whether it's wotrh the cost! Is this guy a one-trick pony?

[lusercop.livejournal.com]

Actually, I found the following sentence interesting out of that article:

He also suggested that in future civil liberties might have to be curtailed.

Directly coming out with that kind of shite should really put people on their guard - how come it hasn't?

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

Perhaps they're gently preparing us?