Protesters are now considered terrorists

Kevin Drum found this rather frightening piece:

Armed police will use anti-terrorism powers to "deal robustly" with climate change protesters at Heathrow next week, as confrontations threaten to bring major delays to the already overstretched airport.

...."Should individuals or small groups seek to take action outside of lawful protest they will be dealt with robustly using terrorism powers. This is because the presence of large numbers of protesters at or near the airport will reduce our ability to proactively counter the terrorist act [threat]," the document says.

If they're using their anti-terrorism laws to stop protesters in Britain, you can bet the U.S. won't be far behind. Off to Guantanamo with them.