If you read the Wikipedia article[0] on the ‘Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001’, you will notice that it is not restricted and applicable to areas oth

If you read the Wikipedia article[0] on the ‘Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001’, you will notice that it is not restricted and applicable to areas other than terrorism – serious economic damage to the UK being one of them. So there is at least some slight hyperbole in calling it a ‘post-9/11 terrorism act’, even though its passage was clearly motivated by 9/11. As an aside, what exactly is wrong with freezing the assets of a company that does not appear to plan to meet its liabilities? [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-terrorism,_Crime_and_Security_Act_2001 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-terrorism,_Crime_and_Secur...