Phone taps
"Good morning, how are you? It's Osama Bin Laden here, we have a list of places we would like you to bomb this week, have you got a pencil?"
Is it likely that terrorists operate in this way? Or is it more likely that cells operate without direct communication with the centre so that phone tapping is of no use?
If so I wonder why the police are so keen to use them. Could it be that although terrorists may not be easily caught by phonetapping, peace activists or trade unionists - any legitimate protester or whistle-blower - may be less canny?
The state has blatantly used anti-terrorist legislation to target anti-capitalist and peace protestors who could not be described as terrorists by any sane person.
If they take away our rights, there will be nobody to protest when they take away yours!