Thursday, April 9, 2009

12 Arrested In U.K. Anti-Terror Swoop After Secrets Leak

Assistant Commissioner Robert Quick arriving at No 10 for a briefing with Jacqui Smith and Gordon Brown Photo: Steve Back

Major MI5 Operation Against Al-Qaeda Endangered By Security Breach -- Times Online

A huge MI5 and police counterterrorist operation against al-Qaeda suspects had to be brought forward at short notice last night after Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism chief accidentally revealed a briefing document.

Twelve people were arrested, ten of them born in Pakistan, at eight separate addresses after a long covert surveillance operation involving MI5 and police from the North West Counter-Terrorism Unit was compromised.

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More News On MI5's Operation Against Al-Qaeda

Terror blunder: Met anti-terror chief's mistake -- The Telegraph
Twelve arrested in counter-terrorism raids -- Reuters
Bob Quick's police future hangs in balance after document blunder -- The Guardian
Police chief's blunder forces terror officers to mount 'al-Qaeda' swoops -- The Scotsman
Anti-terror swoops follow months of surveillance -- The Guardian
Police chief’s leak forces terror raid -- The Independent
Blunder as top terror cop accidentally shows secret documents -- The Mirror

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