Re: Presumbly the UK has similar plans
The Homeland Security laws passed after 9/11 must set a world record for oven ready legislation. The extent and depth of the legislation was so large that literally no legislators had time to even read it.
There is a school of thought (see "The Shock Doctrine") that handy crises are used -- and even from time to time engineered -- in order to get legislation passed that would never stand scrutiny under normal circumstances.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
