Big conclusions from little data.

“... while Mr Keelty said control orders had proven to be "useful tools'' in dealing with terrorists.”

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How the hell would they know? There has only been one other!

That we know about, of course. For all we know there are hundreds of people under lockdown so severe that it is illegal to tell anyone about it. But a liberal, freedom loving government wouldn't do that, would they? [not when they could make political mileage out of it, anyway]


But then, it would be paranoid in the extreme to see any political involvement in what would in a sane world be a criminal matter. It's not like there is any history of that...