UK: Margaret Thatcher was free to lie about the Irish 'troubles'

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Laura Flanders, The Nation: "Long before the USA Patriot Act and the 9/11 demonization of asking 'why,' Britons were starved of information about the so-called 'troubles.' Under an ever-expanding Prevention of Terrorism Act, British journalists were forced to report to police any contact with any 'known or suspected terrorist.' Irish parties to the conflict were banned from speaking on radio and TV, yet Thatcher's government could tell the public any lie it liked."
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