There’s been plenty of resistance to the new full-body scanners that have been installed in airports all over the world in the wake of The Great Underwear-Bomb Scare of 2009. Our own Scott Carmichael worried just last week that images of nude children could surface and find their way into the hands of pedophiles.

After Alan Johnson, the UK Home Secretary, announced yesterday that full-body scanners would be introduced at Heathrow Airport in about three weeks, many in the UK have grown concerned that a full-body scan of a child would break laws against child pornography. The law in question is the Protection of Children Act from 1978, which prohibits creating an indecent image or “psuedo-image” of a child.  Read more... (245 words, 1 image, estimated 59 secs reading time)

As the fallout continues from Islamist extremist Anjem Choudary’s plans to hold a march through Wootton Bassett, demands are being made to ban not only the march but Choudary’s Islam4UK outfit itself, with yesterday’s Guardian reporting Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling’s call to “ban the organisation”.

Terrorism-Act-2000There are currently 45 proscribed organisations under the terms of the Terrorism Act (2000), which states (p. 2, Ch. 11, Part II, Sec. 3.5) that an organisation is considered to be “concerned in terrorism” if it:

(a) commits or participates in acts of terrorism,
(b) prepares for terrorism,
(c) promotes or encourages terrorism, or
(d) is otherwise concerned in terrorism  Read more... (438 words, 1 image, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)

Controversial passenger profiling techniques could be used in response to the attempted Detroit plane bombing, the Home Secretary has announced.

Alan Johnson said he was looking at whether ”additional targeted profiling” was needed to beef up airport security.

Passengers could be searched according to their race, ethnic background, age and gender, a decision that is likely to face opposition from civil rights groups. Announcing a series of new security measures, Mr Johnson warned passengers would face further delays as more were searched before they board planes.  Read more... (356 words, 1 image, estimated 1:25 mins reading time)

Ok. Tell me when this will happen. As usual where politicians are concered its all “Talk Talk”.

First Published: 7:13AM GMT 28 Oct 2008

Foreign-born “preachers of hate” will have to publicly renounce their views or be barred from the UK, under new plans to be unveiled by the Government.

Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, is to announce a package of measures aimed at making it harder for extremists to enter the country.

The new rules will also affect anyone suspected of advocating illegal action to stir up tensions, including anti-abortionists, far-right groups and animal rights activists. It is expected that foreign-born extremists will be forced to retract controversial statements, and will have to refute specific allegations made against them.  Read more... (450 words, 1 image, estimated 1:48 mins reading time)

The number of suspected extremists barred from entering Britain has halved since the 7/7 attacks leading to accusations that the Government has “taken its eye off the ball”.

In 2006, the first full year after the London bombings, 73 people were prevented from coming to the UK either because it was feared they would foment extremism or posed a risk to national security.

By 2008 that figure had dropped to just 38, figures obtained by the Conservatives show. The decline covers the period that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian who tried to blow up a plane over Detroit on Christmas Day, was studying in London.  Read more... (287 words, 1 image, estimated 1:09 mins reading time)

POLICE chiefs and Wiltshire Council bosses have said they are still to receive a formal notice from the leader of Islam4UK regarding their Wootton Bassett march.

Over the past few days Wiltshire Council and Wiltshire Police have consulted a number of community groups and partner agencies, including local councils, the military and local Muslim groups.

In a joint statement they said: “It is clear the suggestion, by the group calling themselves Islam4UK, to conduct a procession within Wootton Bassett, has caused significant and understandable concern.  Read more... (369 words, 1 image, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)

A MUSLIM group in Kirklees has spoken out against plans by hardline Islamists to hold a protest march through Wootton Bassett.

Islam4UK, led by Anjem Choudary, a former lawyer, wants to carry empty coffins through the Wiltshire town to represent civilian victims of the war in Afghanistan.

Wootton Bassett has become synonymous with the repatriation of British soldiers killed in the conflict, as members of the public line the streets to pay their respects when the coffins go past.

The Kirklees Faith Network of Mosques yesterday criticised the planned march by Islam4UK.  Read more... (473 words, 1 image, estimated 1:54 mins reading time)

The man at the centre of the failed Detroit airliner bomb plot had been banned from entering Britain, it has been disclosed.
Home Secretary Alan Johnson said Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had been placed on a watch list earlier this year after UK authorities refused to renew his student visa.

Mr Johnson also said he did not believe that Abdulmutallab was acting alone, and that police and security services were examining whether he was radicalised while at University College London (UCL) between 2005 and 2008.  Read more... (400 words, 1 image, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)