... passed as law in the United Kingdom the events in America caused for Britain to reassess it newly imposed legal guidelines. The anti terror, crime and security act 2001 set in place the order that authorities can detain foreign nationals indefinitely on suspicion of being international terrorists, also the legislation contained many other plans for action that are believed to be contrary to the European convention of human rights bill. It proposed 129 new clauses with a number of hidden measures; these measures include enabling the police to access confidential information held by government departments and public bodies for the purposes of any criminal investigation include passing the details on to other police forces round the world. This breaks the civil rights of people under the data protection act, data being passed between agencies when it was confidentially given. Other main articles in the legislation include giving Ministry of Defence police ...

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