The security services is bracing itself for further disclosures over Tube bombing intelligence failures
Antony Barnett | London Observer
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| 7/7 ringleader 'was watched since 2003' |
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. More...
