Resentment lingers over Britain's invocation last year of anti-terrorism laws to freeze Icelandic assets.
His lawyers had asked for Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer's permission for a private prosecution under terrorism laws.
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Tony Blair spoke last year about changing the "rules of the game" as his government drew up plans for new anti-terrorism laws.
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By any standard, the record of the French intelligence services has been impressive to date, aided by some of Europe's toughest anti-terrorism laws.
But he now says the threat of terrorism is so imminent that there is no time for parliament to debate new counter-terrorism laws.
And he answered questions on PFI hospital schemes, drug treatment places for those leaving prison and the effect of anti-terrorism laws on Muslim communities.
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Mr Bush could have asked Congress to pass new anti-terrorism laws.
At the same time, we have benefitted from laws that have strengthened our crime-fighting abilities, including the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act, Anti-Terrorism laws, the Economic Espionage Act, and the Health Care Fraud Statute.
The established procedure is to pass special anti-terrorism laws, altering trial rules somewhat to handle terrorist cases, but not abandoning established court systems, and trying to retain the basic rights of those accused as far as possible.
The Patriot Act has also been successful in updating anti-terrorism and criminal laws to bring law enforcement up to date with technology.
All governments that wish to fight terrorism must work together and repeal the laws of secrecy on financial dealings.
The Sharia court argued that Ms Mai's case should have been tried under Hudood laws and not anti-terrorism legislation.
The Home Office said the new laws were needed "without delay" to stop serious crimes such as terrorism.
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Two articles in yesterday's Wall Street Journal are bringing attention to a growing movement in American politics: the push for state governments to pass laws mandating that their pension funds divest from companies doing business in states that sponsor terrorism, notably Iran.
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