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The UK did not issue a national security ID to it's residents even when it was threatened with IRA terrorists and further in the past, the darkest days of war against the Nazis. Now, they implement an ID in the name of national security. Will this ID be required to purchase admission to mass transit soon?
I recall the images of blast debris and the carcasses of the dead horses of the ceremonial queen's guard in the streets of London in the aftermath of an IRA bombing, years ago. The queen's cousin, WWII commander Lord Montbatten was killed in the IRA bombing of his yacht, and Britain soldiered on.....individual freedoms intact.
I visited the London Tubes website, and under the heading of "safety and security" there was only info about police efforts to curb crime. There was no demand for info about terrorist security precautions. That will change now.
The UK has more security cameras in place per square mile than anywhere else. There is news that the London Tubes were about to receive a major cctv camera and security communications modernization. Tricky, evil terrorists managed to proceed undetected on existing surveillance cameras to plant their bombs during a heightened pre-G8 security environment, and they did their deed before new surveillance cameras were installed in the tube system. How do they come to be sooooo capable?
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