UK security and counter-terrorism
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Greater Manchester’s Sir Peter Fahy says it is not the police’s job to define what counts as extremism
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Police found traces of explosives on clothes of Mohammed Ahmed and Yusuf Sarwar, who joined Kataib al-Muhajireen
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Rights groups brought case against GCHQ after Snowden revelations on extent of electronic surveillance in UK and US
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Assistant chief constable of South Wales police Nikki Holland discusses the terror arrests made in Cardiff and Barry and asks for co-operation from local communities. Five men between the ages of 19 and 32 were arrested on Thursday morning under the Terrorism Act. Two men were also arrested in south-east London by counter-terrorism police
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Arrests in Cardiff and Barry were made under Terrorism Act in connection to support of banned organisations, say police
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Book by former director of intelligence for republican movement Kieran Conway reveals full extent of IRA contacts at the time
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Letters: The legislation will involve guidance to universities on how to protect students from being drawn into terrorism and we are shortly consulting on that guidance
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Security minister also says lecturers are expected to report students if they have concerns about their behaviour
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Letters: Does this mean that people are being imprisoned now simply for thought crimes, for sharing an extremist ideology, rather than for what they do?
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James Ball: Does the stuff you post on the internet make you look like a terrorist? Is the rhythm of your typing sending the wrong signals? If everything we do online is monitored by machines, how well does the system work?
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By forcing universities – the home of vigorous debate – to ban radical speakers we are adopting closed, intolerant values, says Peter Scott
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PSNI says new IRA, Continuity IRA and Óglaigh na hÉireann are all planning to carry out bombings and shootings
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Britain’s most senior female police officer, who led the response to 9/11 and the 7/7 bombings, to join the Foreign Office
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David Mitchell: There’s nothing helpful about the advice being handed out – the risks are tiny and all it does is make us anxious
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Ryan McGee told police he made the bomb when he was bored and because he did not like mass immigration
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Coleen Rowley: Having to monitor every piece of communication will only reduce hopes of preventing future attacks
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After naming of site on which soldier’s killer boasted of his intention, deputy PM echoes comments of former MI6 director
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Seumas Milne: The refusal to accept Britain’s role in a violent campaign without end fosters fear and racism
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Bullying the US tech firms could disrupt constructive ways to track terrorism - and force companies to channel requests through lengthy international legal processes, Ross Anderson argues
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Editorial: The new advice to run, hide and tell is out of tune with British history
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Hamza Nawaz, 24, and Mohommod Nawaz, 30, had ammunition and timetable for terror training when stopped by police
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Posts from account understood to belong to Siddhartha Dhar boast how he ‘breezed through Europe to Islamic State’ in Syria
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Letters: With the proposed counter-terrorism and security bill in the news it is surprising that the most effective and obvious way of curbing terrorism is rarely mentioned. That, of course, is to stop killing Muslims
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Opposition’s concerns over security bill focus on powers to seize passports of terror suspects and temporary exclusion orders
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Richard Barrett: Lee Rigby’s murder was inexcusable, but ultimately unpreventable. The focus has to be as much on what drives such behaviour as looking for new ways to prevent it
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Richard Barrett says it is impractical for social media firms to monitor millions of messages a day for terrorist intent
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Lee Rigby's stepfather and sister say they are troubled by a report which says the soldier's death could have been prevented by internet companies
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Beware the danger in the counter-terrorism law
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Anne Perkins: First thoughts: While understanding the nature of the threat is the biggest asset in tackling terror, knowledge alone is never enough
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David Anderson QC criticises lack of provision for courts to scrutinise an exclusion order or ensure disclosure of evidence
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Investigation into Rigby’s death encompasses effect of Olympics on resources and ramifications of Snowden revelations
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Leaflets showing terrified commuters running down stairs and hiding in darkened corner have been criticised for stoking fear
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Report by MPs says intelligence services could not have prevented 2013 Woolwich killing of fusilier by Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, but internet company should have alerted authorities to extremist messages
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Intelligence committee chair calls Facebook a ‘safe haven for terrorists’ but rights groups warn of creeping state surveillance
Spotting terrorist behaviour online is harder than finding child abuse images