What if your name was Abu Hamza and you were a law abiding citizen but your every move was monitored merely because you shared a name with a known extremist? What if they mistook you for him.....what if you were a Bazilian plumber expat living in London that found yourself dead because of failures in the process of the watchers?
The USA and UK are both de facto Police States and they have achieved this because of the apathetic "if I have nothing to hide blah blah blah" BS attitude married to scaremongering policies founded on very dubious grounds.
You can literally get away with murder but woe betide anyone that commits a crime against the State, it's tyrannical at best.
That is the price we pay living in a free society. Is it really that hard to understand?
No doubt it is unfortunate Abu Hamza may have every step monitored for being Abu Hamza, but does it directly affect his life? Will anyone wrongfully imprison him let alone interfere with his life for even 1 second? Most likely never.
And when it happens...Abu Hamza has every right and his own voice to bring forward change, as long as he can find others who agree and share his viewpoints.
Also... dont compare the U.K. to the U.S..... In the U.K. you have fanatic clerics spewing out hate against the very system and society that was tolerant enough to accept them in the first place.
google Anjem Choudary....
Never met a American of muslim faith who doesnt believe and cherish the freedoms this country provides. There is no country in the world that respects freedom of religion more than the U.S.