The British Press are notoriously not as super-partisan to the current administration as the US Press (and particularly the Bush Jnr administration).

Panorama is a serious documentary series, shown on BBC1, that has been on-air for decades, and doesn't bother itself with tabloid journalism, focusing instead on the serious stuff.

They decided to do a slightly unusual show (for them), showing what would happen if terrorists targeted London with multiple attacks. It's a nightmare scenario devised by Panorama with the help of security experts to test how well Britain would cope.

But because Panorama devised fictional attacks that the authorities hadn't previously had to deal with, the Powers That Be, refused to co-operate, branding the whole show irresposible. They also claimed that terrorists watching the report, "might get ideas".

Err...right. That'll be why the 9/11 attackers watched so many episodes of McGuyver and all the Airplane movies, right? For ideas?

Isn't this kind of following the, "If I can't see you, you can't see me" approach to dealing with terrorism? Full story here.