Ms Blears insisted the increasing threat from international terrorism meant legislation allowing pre-emptive action from the security services was needed to safeguard democratic life in Britain.
There were also pre-existing commitments to free-drug supply that was widely seen as pre-emptive of greater threats to health service provision through the insurgency (a true basis of systems resilience).
Convinced that their holiday tip can be the ticket to 12 months of preferred service, they engage in a kind of pre-emptive gambit.
The government responded with the pre-emptive arrest of opponents, curfew orders and the cutting of mobile-phone services.
The American investigation follows a similar pre-emptive search by European authorities in early June, before the music service was even officially announced.
Last week, the BBC Trust took pre-emptive action by announcing a strategic review likely to lead to a reduction in its services, led by Thompson.
Deft, pre-emptive management.
Pre-emptive retaliation preserves their rank.
This pre-emptive move was not unprecedented.
It was a pre-emptive strike.
