Stolen from Horse Badorties, who put it in a comment here on Guido‘s blog.
The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Scotland of Asthal): Statistics provided to the Home Office by the Police on arrests and charges from 11 September 2001 until 31 December 2004 under the Terrorism Act 2000 are on the Home Office website. (These are compiled from recent police records and are therefore subject to change as cases go through the system.)
Key Facts and Statistics
Police records show that from 11 September 2001 until 31 December 2004, 701 people were arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000.
Charges
119 of these were charged under the Act. Of these, 45 were also charged with offences under other legislation.
135 were charged under other legislation. This includes charges for terrorist offences that are already covered in general criminal law such as murder, grievous bodily harm and use of firearms or explosives.Convictions
17 individuals have been convicted of offences under the Terrorism ActOther Information
The following table gives the outcome for those not covered above:Outcome
Transferred to immigration authorities 59
On bail to return 22
Cautioned 7
Dealt with under mental health legislation 7
Awaiting extradition 1
Returned to prison service custody 1
Released without charge 351
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Better they know they are being watched, that way they might decide not to become a terrorist before it is too late. Anyway, since when were you an expert on counter-terrorism? We need American on the home front in the War on Terror, they’ve got the best satelites!
Wow, dude:
Don’t you mean “Best we know we’re being watched?”
You may be right though: the sensation of a satellite camera looking down my shorts is all that’s kept me from running into Fox Studios with a live grenade until now.
Where’s the “home front” on TWAT? I live in Canada–we’re part of the Coalition Forces trying to reassemble Afghanistan, not TWAT. We never had a “war on drugs” or “war on poverty” (more’s the pity, perhaps) and we never decleared any “war on terror”. How do you have a war on a concept anyway?
But we could have a Wild Mofo Debate on terror, though. Oops, no, forget it. The initials are WMD.
When is “too late” to become a terrorist? Half the argument for keeping Gitmo open is that it’s never too late (the other half being that the inmates are now pissed off enough, having been held years without charge, denied the Geneva protections and tortured, to commit terrorist acts against the US).
So glad we can look forward to the closure.
“Anyway, since when were you an expert on counter-terrorism? ”
Since before you were born, sweetie. I, obviously, know quite a lot more about it than you do, and when I don’t, I go find out. All you have is your faith in George W. Bush.
I suggest you go do some research into the effects of the panopticon. Yes, surely it does decrease crime. The only problem is the incredibly high rate of violent insanity it causes…
Not to mention, aren’t you a huge advocate for the right to privacy? They’re watching you, Steven, and they’re doing so with your permission.
Of course they are watching me I live in a rich Western country full of potential terrorists.
Right. Remind me again why you’re not in Iraq? They’re giving sign-up bonuses.
I don’t like hot weather, sandstorms or shooting people. Besides, war screws people up.
do you guys know that in england TWAT means lady parts and this is all hillarious to us?
Uh, yes. It means that over here as well. It was intentional.