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He was created a Life Peer in 1999 , as Baron Carlile of Berriew, of Berriew in the County of Powys. He is a Barrister and was previously a Liberal Democrat Member Of Parliament for Montgomeryshire from 1983 to 1997 . Carlile was the first Member of Parliament to campaign for the rights of transexuals. Lord Carlile of Berriew acted in 2005 as the independent reviewer of British anti-terrorist laws, advocating the development of legislation in conformity with provisions of the Bush government's USA PATRIOT Act . Among those civil liberties targeted included the right to a trial, the requirement that charges be issued against the imprisoned, and limits on government wiretapping of citizens. The blogger Tim Worstall was scathing about the use of secret information not available to MPs by Lord Carlile in reviewing laws. {Link without Title} This criticism came after Lord Carlile said he knew of cases where terror suspects were not charged appropriately because police ran out of time. The Director of Liberty , Shami Chakrabarti , called his continued support for control orders "disappointing" in a February 2006 press release condemning the introduction of control orders by the Prevention Of Terrorism Act 2005 . The press release said that this had led to the railroading of significant Human Rights {Link without Title} . According to the Register of Lords' Interests, Lord Carlile of Berriew is ''inter alia'' an advisor to Mr. R. Hobson; a paid director of 5 Bell Yard Ltd. and the Wynnstay Group of agricultural feed manufacturers, agricultural goods merchants, and fuel oil distributors; a Deputy High Court Judge; a member of Council at JUSTICE, the British affiliate of The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), dedicated to the coordination of international human rights law and principles; and a trustee of Nuffield Trust, a UK health care Think Tank . EXTERNAL LINKS
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