[privacy] Absurdity Alert: UK Boy Arrested for Anarchist Cookbook

[Paul Ferguson]

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Via Boing Boing.

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A 17-year-old in the UK was arrested for "collection or possession of
information useful in the preparation of an act of terrorism" due to his
possession of the Anarchist Cookbook. Strange that a book freely available
on amazon.co.uk can get you arrested.

The teenager faces two charges under the Terrorism Act 2000.

The first charge relates to the possession of material for terrorist
purposes in October last year.

The second relates to the collection or possession of information useful in
the preparation of an act of terrorism.

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More:
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/10/08/boy-arrested-for-ana.html

The Beeb:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7030096.stm

Absolutely absurd.

- - ferg

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