UK security and counter-terrorism

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• My brother wanted to be a jihadi – and society is creating many more like him

  22 Oct 2014: Robb Leech: Extremism of any kind is a symptom of an unhealthy society and, in order to eradicate it, we should look to treat its cause

• UK should campaign for international ban on autonomous killer drones

  22 Oct 2014: Fromer GCHQ boss says existing drone technology poses no ‘convincing ethical problems’ but there must be safeguards

• Five Britons a week travel to Iraq and Syria to join Isis, says Met chief

  21 Oct 2014: Britain’s top police officer warns about terror threat of returning fighters, as third Portsmouth jihadi reported dead in Kobani

• Terror suspect Haroon Rashid Aswat extradited from UK to America

  21 Oct 2014: Man accused of conspiring with Islamist extremist Abu Hamza to set up jihadist camp in US, leaves Britain

• Outgoing GCHQ boss defends agency activities after Snowden revelations

  21 Oct 2014: Sir Iain Lobban uses valedictory address to praise ‘extraordinary’ job of staff with ‘mission of liberty, not erosion of it’
  

• Third Portsmouth jihadist reported killed in Syria

  21 Oct 2014: City’s religious authorities express shock following death of Manunur Roshid, 24, believed killed in battle for Kobani

• The state wants to spy on us – but is it up to the job?

  19 Oct 2014: Finding a balance between national security and the right to privacy raises questions of competence as much as trust, writes John Naughton

• Women naturally hate war, unlike men? Think again

  19 Oct 2014: Catherine Bennett: The idea that violence is gender-based is widely held, but sadly female pacifism is just another myth

• David Haines and Alan Henning families call for unity

  18 Oct 2014: Michael Haines called on those moved by his brother’s death to remember that ‘extremism affects all of us in the UK’

• Libya rendition victims demand disclosure of UK surveillance policy

  17 Oct 2014: The government’s refusal to reveal when lawyers’ and journalists’ communications can be intercepted is central to claim brought on behalf of Abdel Hakim Belhaj and Sami al-Saadi

• Treason Act: the facts

  17 Oct 2014: British extremists who have travelled to Iraq and Syria and pledged their allegiance to Isis could face a “high treason” charge. What’s the history of the Treason Act?

• Charging UK jihadis with treason is a fear-mongering plan we must reject

  17 Oct 2014: Hugh Muir: Welcome to the United Kingdom of Perpetual Panic, where the crackpot ideas of silly backbenchers fuel our nightmares and sustain our enemies

• Threat of extremist attack in UK is escalating, say police

  17 Oct 2014: About 50 people a week referred to deradicalisation programmes, with 218 terror-related arrests so far this year

• The Guardian view on MPs and the Edward Snowden agenda

  16 Oct 2014: Editorial: This parliament has serious unfinished business to carry out over the lack of control of GCHQ’s surveillance powers

• Cameron says he will have 'one last go' at negotiating better deal for UK in EU – as it happened

  16 Oct 2014: Andrew Sparrow’s rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen, including Theresa May giving evidence to the intelligence and security committee and Nick Clegg hosting his Call Clegg phone-in

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