US embassy cable - 05DUBLIN310

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Identifier:	05DUBLIN310
Wikileaks:	View 05DUBLIN310 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Dublin
Created:	2005-03-11 17:40:00
Classification:	UNCLASSIFIED
Tags:	PTER ASEC PREL KTFN PHUM PINS
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

UNCLAS DUBLIN 000310 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER, ASEC, PREL, KTFN, PHUM, PINS 
SUBJECT: PRESIDENT SIGNS TERRORISM BILL INTO LAW 
 
REF: 04 DUBLIN 01811 
 
On March 9, 2005, President Mary McAleese signed the Criminal 
Justice (Terrorism Offenses) Bill 2002 into law.  This 
legislation brings Ireland in line with United Nations 
Conventions and European Union Framework decisions on 
combating terrorism; provides the legal framework necessary 
for ratifying the remaining four UN conventions on terrorism 
(this could happen within 90 days); and significantly 
strengthens the government's ability to seize assets and 
prosecute those suspected of supporting terrorism. Until this 
law passed, GOI authorities could pursue and prosecute 
suspects of terrorism, notably terrorism financing, only if 
they also had committed criminal offenses in Ireland or had 
been designated by the UN or EU.  The new law also allows the 
national police to require that telecommunications service 
providers retain data for three years.  While the pace of 
passing this law was glacial, ultimately, all the main 
political parties supported it, with the exception of Sinn 
Fein.  Sinn Fein justice spokesman Aengus O'Snodaigh called 
it a "human rights disaster waiting to happen."  The Irish 
Council for Civil Liberties and the Human Rights Commission 
expressed concern as well. 
 
BENTON