Bill,

You appear to take an optimistic view of this announcement, being nearer to the scene, with friends working at the "coalface", I fear it is "spin".

There have been several government reviews of the counter-extremism strategy, often known as Prevent - within the wider CT strategy 'Operation Contest'; a couple of learned groups - including at least two parliamentary enquiries - and a number of other groups, some who have worked at the "coalface".

The CNN report has little detail, nor have several UK newspapers and we are left with a No.10 Downing Street press briefing:
The cabinet-level group, which will also bring in intelligence and police chiefs when needed, will focus on radical preachers who target potential recruits in jails, schools, colleges and mosques. It will monitor trends in radicalisation and tackle "poisonous narratives", No 10 said.

The group, which is expected to meet within weeks, will include the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, the home secretary, Theresa May, the chancellor, George Osborne, other key cabinet ministers, the Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, and Andrew Parker, the director general of MI5.

It will be known as the tackling extremism and radicalisation task force (Terfor)...
Link:http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2...ror-task-force

A more conservative leaning paper has a little more, again with some choice headlines:
We cannot allow a situation to continue where extremist clerics go around this country inciting young people to commit terrorist acts.
We will do everything we can to stop it.
Link:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...extremism.html

Meantime there is political pressure building to re-introduce a piece of legislation on greater communications monitoring, known as the 'Snoopers Charter' to many and officially as the rather blandly titled Communications Data Bill:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...s-charter.html