Friday, July 22, 2005

More terror

More attacks. Failed attempts at explosions? Dormant explosives? Faulty detonators? Still unclear.
Police have shot a man at close range (5 times) with the clear intention of killing him at Stockwell tube station - wires sticking out of his shirt, reports say.
A game of cat-and-mouse around UCL Hospital - 3 rooms still sealed off, and no one is talking. A memo was sent around the hospital telling staff to look out for a man with wires sticking out of his shirt. Senior hospital staff deny the memo ever existed, but Channel 4 news correspondent Liam Halligan said "I have seen it with my own eyes."
What does it all mean? Right now it's all extremely unclear.
The only certainty seems to be that CCTV is playing a fundamental role in identifying these people and tracking their movements (after the fact). Presumably, it will continue to do so. The implications could be interesting.
It seems to me that now is not the time to legislate. Perhaps we ought to be grateful for MPs extremely long summer holidays...

Legislation, written by September to be voted on in October. We ought to be wary of rushing anything through - it seems the wheels are very much in motion.

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