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The secret service of England, MI5, wants to have fully access to travel records of the seventeen million people traveling by underground, bus and train. With that, MI5 can see the comings and goings of all those people. And of course, the 'fight against terrorism' is again used as an excuse.

An important question for the English people is how this is going to make their lifes safer. They still have the chance of being killed during a car accident, getting shot during a shop or bank robbery or die from a heart attack because of eating to much unhealthy food. How do those dangers compare to the change of being wounded or killed during a terrorist attack? How really big is that chance?

MI5 says they need the travel records in their fight against terrorism. But they didn't say why. How is travel information going to be helpful? How can it say anything about whether someone is a potential terrorist or not?