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Eugene

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Tue Aug-09-05 02:22 AM
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Secret terror courts considered (UK)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4133564.stm

Last Updated: Tuesday, 9 August 2005, 05:29 GMT 06:29 UK

Secret terror courts considered

Special courts sitting in secret for pre-trial hearings in terror
cases are being considered by the Home Office.

Judges would look at whether there was enough evidence against
suspects for cases to proceed.

On Friday, Tony Blair said the government was looking into a new court
procedure allowing a pre-trial process, as he unveiled new terror
measures.

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Sources told the BBC one possibility was a model similar to the
Special Immigrations Appeals Tribunal, which sits in secret and keeps
the details of charges from those accused of them.

In those cases defendants are represented by special advocates, who
have access to the evidence but do not brief their 'clients' on the
details.

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Tue Aug-09-05 02:42 AM
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1. Here's a picture of the first jury pool

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tritsofme

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Tue Aug-09-05 04:23 AM
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2. 21st Century Star Chamber?

I bet Tony's excited...

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oscarmitre

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Tue Aug-09-05 08:28 AM
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4. You leave those roos alone

Tony's model will be the Diplock courts used in Northern Ireland. But then Tony's model for the economy was Maggie Thatcher. Bush's Poodle my arse, more like Bush's Staffordshire Terrier. He is an attack model all by himself. Labour? Labour my arse.

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