Dealing With Terrorism
Stella Rimington, former head of MI5, has elucidated her remedy for dealing with terrorism:
The former head of MI5 today calls for stricter border controls to combat a terrorism threat to Britain which will last for a 'generation'.
In an exclusive Daily Mail interview, Dame Stella Rimington says the Government must resist the introduction of increasingly 'draconian' terror laws, such as detention without trial.
But she argues that 'if you have people who would kill you there have got to be a lot more checks' of those trying to enter the UK.
There you go, Gordon, it's simple. You do not need to trample on civil liberties, and you certainly do not need to spend massive amounts on implementing ID cards. If you want to fight terrorism, the first place to start is our porous border.
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I heard her speak during a book promotion tour in the U.S. and eventually got around to reading her novel, At Risk. It was a pleasant surprise — really quite a well-crafted thriller, incorporating bits of her own experience at MI5 without sounding like a show-off.
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