Straight To The Point

From the BBC:

Charles Clarke has ordered the extradition of Babar Ahmad to the US to face trial on alleged terrorism offences, the Home Office has said. Mr Ahmad, 31, a computer expert from Tooting, London, is accused of running websites that supported terrorists and urged Muslims to fight a holy war.

So now our government offers us no protection from America, when the American authorities want to charge us for crimes that we may have committed in this country, and have no direct connection to America on any way? Normally I can relax when I hear about the restrictions on freedom going on in America, knowing that I live in England. But what does this mean?

And I thought we didn't extradite to countries that used toture to interrogate prisoners?

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I Just noticed this on the BBC report as well:

The extradition order comes under UK legislation designed to speed up the extradition of suspected terrorists, which came into force in January 2004.

Under the act there is no requirement for the US authorities to present a prima facie case, although UK authorities must do so in seeking extraditions from the US.

It's all one-way traffic then.