Posted on 01/17/2007 1:01:06 AM PST by knighthawk
The security services is bracing itself for further disclosures over Tube bombing intelligence failures
The 7 July bombers who killed 52 people in terrorist attacks in London in 2005 were once described by Britain's security service as 'clean skins'. The vivid phrase implied that a gang of homegrown terrorists had come from nowhere, without an intelligence trail. But Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller, the director-general of MI5, is bracing herself for embarrassing revelations on the full extent of what the British intelligence community knew about the bombers, and in particular the ringleader of the attacks, Mohammad Sidique Khan. The disclosures will add to pressure for a full public inquiry.
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Wow, I bet his civil rights might have been abridged. They should let this guy go--even though he wants to kill thousands of citizens, his freedom is of utmost importance. After all, they shouldn't have been spying on him. What about HIS rights? (off liberal mode)
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