Hey, check it out--according to an
August 21, 2006 article at CNN.com 11 of the 22 (I thought it was 24)
arrested in connection with a plan to blow up passenger liners over
the Atlantic have been charged.
And, actually, it was 24 people who were originally arrested, but 2
have been released already. The remaining 11 that have not been
charged are still in custody, because the UK isn't like the US. I
believe in the US it's 2 days you can be held without charge (though
in terror cases that is ignored, obviously). The article doesn't
bother to mention how long UK authorities have to charge the remaining
11 or how soon the remaining 11 will be released, if at all.
So, we now see that the Brits got it at least more than half-wrong
with 13 of 24 arrested not being charged. Will we learn more about
the 11 who were charged and will we discover that they are idiots just
like those guys in Florida and Canada?
You can bet on it.
Just so you know - The Brits can hold the "terrorists" for up to 28 days without charging them with anything. I think I heard/saw this on CNN.
ReplyDeleteCool, thanks for the info! I think that is new, though. I seem to recall it being a shorter time pre-911, but still longer than the US. But like I've said before--it doesn't really matter since enemy combatants don't have human rights and can be held for as long as American authorities want--for the most part. I think the so-called "dirty bomber" was held for 2 years before a federal court forced the USG to charge him or let him go.
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