Evidence? Who needs it?

"You will be all too aware of the importance we must now place on acting quickly – often in the very early stages of investigations and before evidence has been gathered – to disrupt terrorist activities. This is the rationale for the additional legal powers your senior officers have requested and which I am now taking through Parliament."
- Jacqui Smith explaining to police chiefs yesterday why she is trying to obtain powers for terrorist suspects to be detained without being charged for up to six weeks. (My emphasis). Nearly enough to make you wish you had a constitution.