Fourteen days is still the longest period of precharge detention any comparable democracy. Remember in Northern heland people were interned for far longer periods of time The Extradition Act 2003 allows the US to extradite UK citizens and others for offences committed against US law, even though the alleged offence may have been committed in the UK by a person living and working in the UK. The same act deals with the European Arrest Warrant. An EAW can only be issued for the purposes of conducting a criminal prosecution(not merely an investigation) or enforcing a custodial sentence. It can only be issued for offences carrying a maximum penalty of 12 months or more in prison. UK citizens are protected not by the Magna Carta which is mostly dead but by human rights legislation, something the likes of Mr Griffin("UK warrant shame" PostBag, June 16) would sweep away