Antiterror proposals stir debate on rights
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LONDON -- Prime Minister Tony Blair's government yesterday proposed sweeping new powers to tackle terrorism, including electronic tagging, curfews, and house arrest for terror suspects without trial. The measures provoked swift dissent from civil libertarians and opposition politicians.
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Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist  said on Monday he favored a plan by President George W. Bush  for trying foreign terrorism suspects but was still discussing  demands by some Republicans to give suspects more legal rights.
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British Home Secretary David Blunkett was expected Sunday to reveal proposals for strict anti-terror measures, the BBC reported. The proposals were said to include anti-terror
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A new body to champion the rights of soldiers, sailors and aircrews is on the verge of launching.
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The proposed policy shift reignites a debate over whether such research will help or hinder defense against bioterrorism.
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Several Republican senators are stepping up their opposition to the Bush administration's plan to authorize military trials for suspected terrorists, with one calling a key part of the bill "ill-advised." The issue in contention involves a White House-backed bid to redefine the U.S. interpretation of the Geneva Conventions. Some GOP senators say that would be a mistake.
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Plans to increase the amount of time for which terrorist suspects can be held without charge are criticised.
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Judge Richard A. Posner contends that the nationÂs security needs trump civil liberties.
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Law Lords are to rule on how far the government can restrict human rights in its bid to combat terrorism.
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Two-thirds of Americans believe that the FBI and other federal agencies are intruding on privacy rights as part of terrorism investigations, but they remain divided over whether such tactics are justified, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll released yesterday.
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New civil orders could be used to restrict the activities of people suspected of planning terrorist acts, David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, said yesterday.
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Supporters of the federal system say it's necessary in the terror war. Privacy advocates aren't persuaded.
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Government powers enabling foreigners to be detained without limit under emergency anti-terror laws threaten the values they were designed to protect, the law lords were told today.
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The little-noticed arrests of three men allegedly planning U.S. attacks renews questions about the country's tolerance of terrorists.
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The precious balance between individual freedoms and national security has never been defined in absolutes. In times of war, when our security is threatened, people are asked to make concessions with their freedoms.
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A proposal to shift U.S.  intelligence functions from the CIA to new agencies under a  national director came under heavy fire on Monday from critics  who said it would wreak havoc on the country's spy apparatus  just as it is needed most in the war on terror.