Two men originally arrested for organising illegal imigration now being held on suspicion of planning terrorist attacks in the long term.

Great title for New York Times article on Ghostnet and the Tibetan exiles. Doesnt come up with final answers, but its still a fascinating story.

Tom Hanlon and George Hegarty arrested in Cork. breaking story.

Report leaked to Guardian. Chinese children arriving at Heathrow, being placed in care home then vanishing. Organised crime suspected.

397 by separatist movements. There was only ONE attack carried out in 2008 by “Islamists”: the one in Exeter. You would never know that from the media and the government in the UK, now…would you? Better check this report.

section 44 powers. Well, surprise, surprise, use against blacks rose 322%, use against Asians rose 277% and whites 185%…When you think stop and search was already used disproportionately against the black community, you can see this is about harassment, not counter-terrorism….and Asians will include Chinese, of course….and in the previous post, we learned just how … POLICE TO SEVERELY CURTAIL USE OF STOP AND SEARCH POWERS

Former Conservative candidate Raja Khan and associates. He has since been expelled from the party.

Apparently the Sunday Times alleged that despite the Home Secretary’s scrapping of plans for a centralised database, GCHQ was forging ahead with plans to monitor all communications.

Note that the detailed proposals arent in the public domain yet. This is pre-announcement spin.

Link is to the report, but there is a wealth of statistical data elsewhere on this site. if you ever wanted to know something about new Zealand, here’s the opportunity. “A rich source of data” It says!