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New Counterterrorism Technology & Laws

New Counterterrorism Technology & Laws. Help or hindrance?. USA Patriot Act (Oct, 2001). U niting and S trengthening A merica by P roviding A ppropriate T ools R equired to I ntercept and O bstruct T errorism Increased surveillance

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New Counterterrorism Technology & Laws

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  1. New Counterterrorism Technology & Laws Help or hindrance?

  2. 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

  3. 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)

  4. Ireland

  5. 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

  6. Technology

  7. 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?

  8. 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

  9. Where we’re watched Credit: privacy international

  10. 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

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