The New York Times-20080125-Britain- Plan To Hold Terror Suspects 42 Days- -Brief-

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Britain: Plan To Hold Terror Suspects 42 Days; [Brief]

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The government of Prime Minister Gordon Brown unveiled a plan to hold terrorism suspects up to 42 days without charges. The current limit is 28 days. The Home Office security minister, Tony McNulty, said the measure was needed because Britain could face two or three 9/11's in a single day, requiring complex investigations. The plan has stirred protests from opposition parties and from a group of the governing Labor Party's own parliamentary members. That could defeat the proposal, repeating the experience of 2005, when a 90-day detention proposed by Tony Blair was defeated in the House of Commons.