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reprehensor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-12-06 08:55 PM
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Two 7/7 bombers were under surveillance
Sound familiar?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/attackonlondon/story/0,,1772529,00.html

David Batty and agencies
Thursday May 11, 2006

Two of the July 7 suicide bombers were under surveillance by British intelligence but were not fully investigated because of a lack of resources, a parliamentary committee said today.

The cross-party intelligence and security committee (ISC) found "intelligence gaps" in security services monitoring of potential terrorist threats to the UK.

However, it concluded there was no evidence of an "intelligence failure" that could have prevented the attacks on London's transport system.

The committee found that MI5 officers assigned to investigate Mohammed Sidique Khan, the ringleader of the four suicide bombers, and Shehzad Tanweer, who carried out the Aldgate tube bombing, were diverted to another anti-terrorist operation...

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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-12-06 08:58 PM
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1. Well, the Brits should have been collecting everyone's phone records
Either that or it was Clinton's fault.

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