Does the law apply to all of us?

Or just some of us, are the special ones exempt?

There was a recent legal case involving two British Muslims thought to have prior knowledge of their brothers attempt to detonate a bomb in Israel. They were prosecuted for not informing the authorities, (and found not guilty).

So it strikes me, that if my friend told me he was going to blow up a TV station in a neutral country, that was basically a friend, and he didn’t have any kind UN mandate to do it, he just thought, “fuck it, I’m gonna blow ‘em up” that would be

1. An act of terror – ‘cos it’s a non-military target, civilians could be hit, there would be no declaration of war etc, and also

2. I would have to tell the police – as I am legally bound to do

So surely, Tony Blair has to tell the police (about Bush's plans to bomb Al-Jazeera), as he is subject to the same laws I am. Instead he hides behind the official secrets act. Plus, if it's not true, it's hard to know what could be the subject matter of the secret? Unless you've something to hide, you have by definition, nothing to hide (as Blunkett was fond of tellling us when he still mattered)

If the law doesn’t apply to all of us, and the principle of equality before the law is overtly abandoned, then great trouble lies ahead.