Restricting freedom to defend it

Reid singled out ‘politicians who opposed the anti-terror measures the police and security services
“Sometimes we may have to modify some of our own freedoms in the short term in order to prevent their misuse and abuse by those who oppose our fundamental values and would destroy all of our freedoms in the modern world.” Reid warned “fascistic individuals can network courtesy of new technology and can access modern chemical, biological and other means of mass destruction and they have therefore unconstrained capability”. They were part of the “seamless web” that includes the Middle East, Iraq and Afghanistan. He said: “On this home front, we face the same threat from the same type of terrorists with the same set of values.”

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