BBC Newsnight~Terror, Consent and Ticking Timebombs 2008 05 30 avi clip

BBC Newsnight~Terror, Consent and Ticking Timebombs 2008 05 30 avi clip

73.8 mgs

12.29 mns

with Emily Maitlis

The last Briton in Guantanamo Bay has just been charged with terrorism under its Military Tribunal. Binyam Mohammed - who says he was tortured in Morocco under extraordinary rendition - could now face the death penalty. We don't know, to be frank, if he's a terrorist. But we do know that when the very practices used by the West face eyebrow raising scrutiny, and questions of legality, the so-called War on Terror itself is in danger of being undermined.

Tonight we talk to the author of Terror and Consent - a philosophical roadmap for fighting the often intangible issue of terrorism. We ask Philip Bobbitt what methods should and could be used to protect ourselves whilst retaining the values that allow civil societies to hold their heads high.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/latest_programme/

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