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New Counterterrorism Technology & LawsHelp or hindrance?

+USA Patriot Act (Oct, 2001)

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism

Increased surveillance Monitoring Email and Phone call content without warrant

Power to Sectary of State to define any foreign or local groups or individuals as terrorists

Sunset in 2005 Changes in Senate Changed back and passed through congress by Bush

+Europe

European Arrest Warrant (EAW) replacing extrication

Funding increased to ESA Coop agreements signed with all 25 state intelligence

agencies, including C3

Public order offences can now be classed as terrorism Clamping down on European history or civil disobedience Greenpeace charged under terrorism law in Norway (2005)

+Ireland

+Ireland

Serious offence 6 months, not 5 years (1997 Bail Act)

12 month retention After consultation with ISPs didn’t opt for 2 years allowable

by directive

Data retained: Names of Sender/Receiver; IPs; Times logged on/off; Size &

Type of attachments; Mobile phone info already available

No warrant Garda Commissioner to make requests Must only report on the efficiency of handling

+Technology

+Technology

Smart CCTV Face detection Video Motion Anomaly Detection (VMAD)

Advanced Passenger Information System (US) full name, gender, date of birth, nationality, country of

residence, and travel document type and number Quickly adapted from International Cargo System (ICS)

Biometric Passports Chip readable from up to 7 meters away Arbitrary info now, but in future?

+September 11th

Did things change?

“the events of that day were historic, because there was a radical and new change in the direction in which the guns were pointed. Pearl Harbor is the usual analogy, but it is not a good one, as in 1941 the Japanese bombed military bases in two US colonies (colonies disgracefully taken from their inhabitants). On 11 September US national territory was attacked on a large scale for the first time”-Noam Chomsky, Terrorism, weapon of the powerful, United States, Global Bully

+Where we’re watched

Credit: privacy international

+Terrorism on the rise..?

Terrorism mentioned 1000+ time in papers in 3 years

664 people detained, 17 have been found guilty (15 IRA)

Increase in surveillance & decrease in civil rights obvious