John Reid will today propose setting up a terrorist offenders register as part of a series of long-term counter-terror measures.
The proposal, based on similar lines to the existing sex offenders register, is one of a series of ideas that the Home Secretary will suggest should be part of the country’s antiterror defences.
One idea being studied by Mr Reid would be to allow the register to operate retrospectively, making an estimated 40 people convicted under terror laws since 2001 liable for immediate listing.
– The Times
The US navy shot at pirates off Somalia’s coast and destroyed three small boats they had used for a hijacking, it emerged yesterday. The USS Carter Hill, part of a US security taskforce, acted after the pirates seized a Danish cargo ship, the Danica White, in international waters, said the US navy’s central command in Bahrain.
– The Guardian
Security spot checks are being carried out on petrol and chemical tankers, cement mixers and other vehicles that could be used by suicide bombers.
Police are monitoring lorries on key routes into London amid concerns that terrorists might copy tactics which have been deployed to deadly effect by insurgents in Iraq.
– The Times