Why is it that the U.K. is seeing a 50% drop in activist attacks on medical researchers at the same time that government figures show that animal experiments are at an all-time high?

It appears that U.K. government's new legislation aimed at curbing extremists, along with better policing and liaison with important stakeholders, is helping to combat the attacks. These are some of the same tactics that the UK authorities used to successfully thwart this week's airliner plots.

The truth is, terrorists are terrorists .... they aim to intimidate or bully others with force and illegal activities to force their point of view, rather than engaging in a public, democratic dialogue. Maybe the U.S. government will get some tips from the U.K. and use them effectively against terrorists of all kinds.