Posted on 05/24/2017 5:00:40 AM PDT by blam
• Several key details about the investigation into the Manchester terror attack were leaked to the media by US officials.
• The Home Secretary suggests the "operational integrity" of the investigation was at risk.
• British officials have expressed their "irritation" to the US.
• Trump administration has come under scrutiny for leaks of confidential intelligence.
LONDON — Home Secretary Amber Rudd condemned US officials for risking the "operational integrity" of the ongoing investigation into the Manchester terror attack, after they leaked confidential details to the US media before they had been confirmed by British police.
Business Insider reported on Tuesday how several key details on the attacker's identity had made their way onto US news channels — potentially compromising the ongoing investigation.
American news outlets confirmed that the information on Salman Abedi had been passed to them by US officials.
The Home Secretary Amber Rudd told the Today programme that she was irritated by the leaks.
"The British police have been very clear that they want to control the flow of information in order to protect the operational integrity, the element of surprise, so it is irritating if it gets released from other sources and I have been very clear with our friends that that should not happen again," she said.
When asked whether the leaks had "compromised" the investigation, she replied: "I wouldn't go that far," but added: "I can say that they are perfectly clear about the situation and that it shouldn't happen again."
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details such as what
They don’t want anyone throwing rocks at the muslim hornets nest.
It becomes difficlt to properly spin the story to the media and protect muslim sensabilities when some boorish, bumbling Trumpster has already told them the truth!
The BBC was getting info early on during coverage, sourced per the Beeb, to US Intel sources.
Apparently the UK gov, for whatever reasons, wasn’t talking.
How in Hades is that a bloody leaking?!
Suicide bomber, nail/anti-personnel device.
The words English and Intelligence haven’t gone together for quite a while. At least not in London.
The words English and Intelligence haven’t gone together for quite a while. At least not in London.
They’re just upset that the truth got out before they could get their mentally ill nothing to do with Islam story could be used.
My bet: The UK go was hoping it could lie its way out of this one. Or at least obfuscate and/or delay til they could better spin events.
Note to the UK’s uniparty: Sucks to be you.
everyone knows it was a suicide bomber, maybe the fact it was a nail bomb was a secret but it shouldn’t have been
Amber Rudd: “How DARE you call this ISIS-loving Muslim, an ISIS-loving Muslim!!! They might commit acts of terror because of you!!!”
The Brits would have hid facts about the muslim scum.....as they did in the Rotherham rapes/tortures.
Not exactly. The UK political class doesn't care. But it really, really sucks to be British.
Don’t tell me. Tell the idiots whinging about “leaks”. :-)
Yeah..? which ones..???
My ancestors thought so. They bugged out in the 1630s. :-)
So when the hell is Trump going to require every single person including his top aides to take polygraphs?
I suspect this was one of the pieces of information they didn't want floating around that early in the investigation.
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