Jihad Jack
Well, apparently after being acquitted from terrorism charges, Jack Thomas has now been the first person to be served a Control Order - a new instrument available to Federal Police created at the last round of "anti-terror" law changes.
He was recalled from holidays early, and must observe, amongst other things, a nightime curfew. He also has a list of people he can't contact, including several dead people, several people in Guantanamo Bay, and wait for it... Osama Bin Laden.
This would be funny except the Feds are serious about it. I would have thought they should encourage him to call Osama, since it might help capture him? The Magistrate who handed down the control order has criticised the federal police for bringing him back from the holiday, and for this farcical list of people he can't contact.
It seems the control order really achieves nothing that surveillance couldn't, and ensures that *if* this man is a terrorist, the police would not be able to leverage any contacts he tries to make.
He was recalled from holidays early, and must observe, amongst other things, a nightime curfew. He also has a list of people he can't contact, including several dead people, several people in Guantanamo Bay, and wait for it... Osama Bin Laden.
This would be funny except the Feds are serious about it. I would have thought they should encourage him to call Osama, since it might help capture him? The Magistrate who handed down the control order has criticised the federal police for bringing him back from the holiday, and for this farcical list of people he can't contact.
It seems the control order really achieves nothing that surveillance couldn't, and ensures that *if* this man is a terrorist, the police would not be able to leverage any contacts he tries to make.
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