UK Counter-Terrorism (merged thread)

[davidbfpo]

A broad comment on the issues around returning foreign fighters by an "insider":

Ian Acheson led the independent review of Islamist extremism in prisons and probation ordered by then Justice Secretary Michael Gove in 2016

A classic example of how weak the UK CT approach is:

When I carried out my review of Islamist extremism for Government I was astonished to find that absolutely no thought had been given to forecasting the numbers of returning foreign fighters who might enter custody and how their special risks might be managed when they did. The expected surge hasn’t happened – yet – but the prison service is barely capable of maintaining order in our high security prisons, let alone accommodate a surge of combat-hardened Islamist terrorists.

Link:https://capx.co/how-to-deal-with-ret...isis-fighters/