(New York Times) Alan Cowell - British authorities are readying new laws that would give the police stronger powers to try to pre-empt terror attacks and to silence clerics regarded as "preachers of hate." Lord Charles Falconer, the government minister in charge of the judiciary, said Sunday that the proposed legislation would seek to outlaw "indirect incitement" to commit terrorist acts, to prevent "acts preparatory" to terrorism, and to prevent "providing or receiving training" in terrorism. The proposed laws would permit the imprisonment or deportation of people "attacking the values of the West" or "glorifying the acts of suicide bombers."
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