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[FYI] war on civil liberty groups



<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk_politics/newsid_1568000/1568254. 
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Fri, 28 September, 2001, 09:52 GMT 10:52 UK

Net freedom fears 'hurt terror fight'

UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says "naive" campaigners against
stronger internet surveillance laws have hurt the anti-terror fight.

He suggested that with stronger powers, the security services might
have detected some of the 11 suicide hijackers who are now known to
have passed through the UK on their way to the US.

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