Using these powers, the unit can legally detain people for an indefinite period without trial, criminal charges or even evidence of a crime being committed and with very limited rights of appeal.Aye up! I don't like this current news headline ... more Big Brother State agenda ...
The ominous headline states:- 'Fears that doctors could be used to lock up terror suspects without trail'
I don't like the sound of that one bit. Note, in the headline below the reverse-psychology which the media is adopting to try to influence the public ... plus I can predict now that they have 'handled-nutters' who will make the news doing exactly the sort of activities which will make them 'eligible for treatment in this FTAC to gain public support and force the public to accept this madness ...
Daily Mail headline, reads:
'The Government has established a shadowy new national anti-terrorist unit to protect VIPs, with the power to detain suspects indefinitely using mental health laws.The revelation is set to reignite the row over the Government's use of draconian measures to deal with terror suspects amid accusations they are abusing human rights. The Fixated Threat Assessment Centre (FTAC) was quietly set up last year to identify individuals who pose a direct threat to VIPs including the Prime Minister, the Cabinet and the Royal Family. It was given sweeping powers to check more than 10,000 suspects' files to identify mentally unstable potential killers and stalkers with a fixation against public figures. The purpose of the centre is "to evaluate and manage the risk posed to prominent people by...those who engage in inappropriate or threatening communications or behaviours in the context of abnormally intense preoccupations, many of which arise from psychotic illness."'