I don't see anything new in this bill, they already have these powers. Now, this bill only legalize their actions and give them more legal rights in the court.
I recall having conversation with a friend some time ago, his cousin an ex-army capt was kidnapped for money. Capt's father contacted his former unit CO and ISI, using mobile GPS they tracked down the exact location of kidnappers. They were captured with the help of local police while that kidnappers team was enroute to transfer him to a bigger mafia.
This all happened almost a decade ago. In the same way intelligence agencies have captured large number of people from banned outfits and terrorists organizations.
The missing persons case was legally a very weak case from agencies side. They kidnap people based on intel on their actions, which was mostly undocumented or charges were never put forward before taking them in custody. May be this bill will help agencies in justifying their actions in court. I hope its put to good use only.
No,
There is power and there is legal power; the one you can use in a court of law.
You can not use video tapes / audio recordings when you weren't authorized to make them.
What this piece of legislation will do, is that it will make those tappings legal; thus allowing courts to pass sentences quicker.
Which inturn will relieve the courts of letting terrorists go free, and the army of extra judicial killings.
In the longer run when all such cases start to be decided in court and thus become a matter of public knowledge, a lot of people "traitors" will be known.
Many will come out of the closet, explcitly or implicitly.
I don't see anything new in this bill, they already have these powers. Now, this bill only legalize their actions and give them more legal rights in the court.
I recall having conversation with a friend some time ago, his cousin an ex-army capt was kidnapped for money. Capt's father contacted his former unit CO and ISI, using mobile GPS they tracked down the exact location of kidnappers. They were captured with the help of local police while that kidnappers team was enroute to transfer him to a bigger mafia.
This all happened almost a decade ago. In the same way intelligence agencies have captured large number of people from banned outfits and terrorists organizations.
The missing persons case was legally a very weak case from agencies side. They kidnap people based on intel on their actions, which was mostly undocumented or charges were never put forward before taking them in custody. May be this bill will help agencies in justifying their actions in court. I hope its put to good use only.
No,
There is power and there is legal power; the one you can use in a court of law.
You can not use video tapes / audio recordings when you weren't authorized to make them.
What this piece of legislation will do, is that it will make those tappings legal; thus allowing courts to pass sentences quicker.
Which inturn will relieve the courts of letting terrorists go free, and the army of extra judicial killings.
In the longer run when all such cases start to be decided in court and thus become a matter of public knowledge, a lot of people "traitors" will be known.
Many will come out of the closet, explcitly or implicitly.
