New UK terror laws could target animal rights activists

This was the warning from a government adviser, Stephen McCabe, who told The Scotsman he saw new laws, announced by Home Secretary Charles Clarke to control the movements of terrorist suspects, extending to other groups suspected of using violence to further their ends. Clarke announced new anti-terror measures which could be invoked on the basis of secret intelligence without a full open trial. The measures include restrictions such as house arrest, curfews and electronic tagging, a ban on telephone and Internet use and restrictions on whom suspects can speak to. Full report in The Scotsman