(I don't think you should have too high expectations of facts and logic from ucee054, at least re politics. :-) ) Thanks for the link, I didn't know the name o

(I don't think you should have too high expectations of facts and logic from ucee054, at least re politics. :-) ) Thanks for the link, I didn't know the name of the law. Also, there were some ... cough ... controversial interrogation methods in the 70s, until there was too much human rights criticism. Anyway, I'm not an expert on the UK and IRA, but believe/assume part of the inspiration for the wonderful T Gilliam movie "Brazil" came from this.