Where's Johnny English when you need him?
How about that? It seems British "intelligence" is just as sharp as its American counterpart after all.
As in, evidently they got a warning from Saudi officials weeks before the London bombings about a likely attack:
Saudi Arabia officially warned Britain of an imminent terrorist attack on London just weeks ahead of the 7 July bombings after calls from one of al-Qaeda's most wanted operatives were traced to an active cell in the United Kingdom.
Although, I suppose, in fairness, this wasn't intelligence gather by MI5 and MI6 themselves, nor did it come across anyone's desk as a memo with a title like "Islamic Terrorists to Coordinate Suicide Bombings on London Public Transit."
Because if you had just a glaring memo, there's no way you could ignore it. Oops.
As in, evidently they got a warning from Saudi officials weeks before the London bombings about a likely attack:
Saudi Arabia officially warned Britain of an imminent terrorist attack on London just weeks ahead of the 7 July bombings after calls from one of al-Qaeda's most wanted operatives were traced to an active cell in the United Kingdom.
Although, I suppose, in fairness, this wasn't intelligence gather by MI5 and MI6 themselves, nor did it come across anyone's desk as a memo with a title like "Islamic Terrorists to Coordinate Suicide Bombings on London Public Transit."
Because if you had just a glaring memo, there's no way you could ignore it. Oops.
posted by Alexander Dubcek | 23:08
1 Comments:
Funny you should mention that memo:
http://www.newshounds.us/2005/08/06/anniversary_of_the_war_on_terrors_dday.php
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