hicks guilty until proven innocent, page-13

" The REAL issue is the protection of our society from those who are determined to bring about its downfall. "

This surely has been the role of gov all along....why do they need 'extra powers/rewrite/put a different spin on' laws to do so? As far I can see any erosion of basic habeous corpus is not necessary to adequately deal with terrorists! We have an orderly system.

" There is no such person as 'an innocent abroad". "

I dispute this one, lol. For example, the totally innocent/'minding his own business' brazilian shot dead during the London bombings.

I think the public needs to think deeply about these issues.