Comments on: Anti Terror Legislation http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2005/03/09/1519 Every day the Prime Minister's Spokesman meets a small coterie of political journalists known as 'the lobby' for a topical chat, or 'briefing'. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:13:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Julian Todd http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2005/03/09/1519#comment-2851 Julian Todd Thu, 10 Mar 2005 10:42:43 +0000 http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2005/03/09/1519#comment-2851 What I'd like to see is these 20 guys to walk free after 3 years of illegal detention without charge, and their stories properly investigated by an inquiring press. The same inquiring press that did such a good job exploding the Iraq WMD myth. Many reporters did do a good job, but quite a few newspapers had chosen to publish government propaganda instead. This story is closer to home and more difficult to ignore, for if these guys are totally clean -- and who doubts it, for if the government had found any evidence they felt fit to lay before the public that wouldn't be laughed at, they wouldn't do so immediately for all the political gain that would entail -- then it demolishes the myth that our politicians are fit to seize the power that they are now demanding. What I’d like to see is these 20 guys to walk free after 3 years of illegal detention without charge, and their stories properly investigated by an inquiring press. The same inquiring press that did such a good job exploding the Iraq WMD myth. Many reporters did do a good job, but quite a few newspapers had chosen to publish government propaganda instead.

This story is closer to home and more difficult to ignore, for if these guys are totally clean — and who doubts it, for if the government had found any evidence they felt fit to lay before the public that wouldn’t be laughed at, they wouldn’t do so immediately for all the political gain that would entail — then it demolishes the myth that our politicians are fit to seize the power that they are now demanding.

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