This week’s column has been what’s commonly referred to as a ‘slow burner’ but, I hope, for good reason. A few weeks ago, Professor Anthony Glees, a terrorism expert based at Buckingham University, myself and the Guardian’s Afua Hirsch took part in a debate on control orders on Channel 4′s flagship ‘10 O’clock live’ show, and although I felt it necessary to counter the “arguments” that were made by Pr Glees, I didn’t want to rush into a precipitated, hasty re-joinder.

As the saying goes in life there are two things that you can’t avoid: death and taxes. Well, I formally suggest that this saying be revised, or at least amended, to add in ‘unless you are a Muslim, in which case you will also have to deal with schedule 7 of the Terrorism 2000 act.’ Granted it may be a little long to catch on, but the point still stands.

The inadequate replacement for control orders, the abiding problems with secret evidence, and the abandonment of those facing deportation.

The Government’s response to the control order regime, announced today, has utterly failed in seeking to balance due process for detainees against existent security concerns.

While secret evidence and Special Advocate procedures vary, they tend to have the same basic underlying features.

An Algerian married to a UK national, Benaissa Taleb (or Detainee H) was granted refugee status in the UK after he moved here in 1993.

Andy Worthington dissects the misconceptions in the opinions of Lord Carlile, responsible for reviewing terrorist legislation in the UK.

Andy Worthington analyses the resistance to plans to maintain control orders, and asks David Cameron to do the right thing.

Last week, the Court of Appeal approved the deportation of eight men to Algeria and Jordan. Andy Worthington examines the ruling, with its double standards on the use of secret evidence in control order cases and in deportation cases.

The British government indicated Monday that it will issue a new set of regulations regarding the use of information obtained via torture.

Eight men deemed to be a threat to national security can be deported, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

A Court of Appeal ruling deals another blow to the discredited control order regime. It's time to scrap it.