[Gllug] London explosions

[SteveC]

* @ 07/07/05 11:46:23 AM addw at phcomp.co.uk wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 11:44:33AM +0100, Simon Morris wrote:
> > On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 11:38 +0100, Alain Williams wrote:
> > > It might be rather early to ask this question, but:
> > > 
> > >         how would identity cards have helped to stop these
> > > explosions ?
> > 
> > In my opinion they wouldn't have.
> > 
> > They didn't help in Madrid and there is a culture of producing
> > identification on demand in the States which didn't help there.
> > 
> > Looking at the number of tourists in London it's hard to track people if
> > they are slipping into the country to carry out attacks.
> > 
> > I don't think they would have helped.
> 
> Quite. But we will have Charles Clark telling us that it would have within
> a couple of days .........

quote from ukcrypto:

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/pipermail/ukcrypto/2005-July/079103.html

'Do you think Ladbrokes will take money on the hour during the next 24
when Charles Clarke tells us that ID cards would stop random people from
placing explosive devices in central London?'



have fun,

SteveC steve at fractalus.com http://www.fractalus.com/steve/
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