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reine.de.tout2/16/2009 8:54:46 am PST

re: #1175 Killgore Trout

New tactic in the battle with extremism


The flipside to this meant that those who denounced violence but who promoted intolerance and held offensive, anti-British views were tolerated.
More than this, some radicals were even courted as part of our counter-terrorism strategy. The idea was that so long as they denounced terror, other views would be ignored.
This was seen as the lesser of two evils - backing certain radicals even if they preached intolerance of homosexuals or women’s rights was seen as a way of protecting Britain.

Pamela and Spencer in reverse?

The next paragraph:

But this has been a dangerous path and shows little sign of working

Message to Pamela and Spencer.