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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Intelligence Officials 'Laughed' At Al Qaeda 7/7 Bomb Link
From The Telegraph:
Senior intelligence officials initially dismissed suggestions the July 7 bombings were al Qaeda linked, it has been claimed.
Chris Driver-Williams, a former senior IED analyst for the Defence Intelligence Staff said his claim provoked laughter at a meeting of intelligence agencies on the morning of the bombings.
One senior intelligence officer attending the Cobra meeting said the idea of an al Qaeda link was "absurd".
"When I suggested this at Cobra, I was met with laughter. This was by people in the intelligence community who knew their onions," Mr Driver-Williams said.
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My Comment: We sometimes forget that our intelligence agencies are run by humans .... and like all humans .... we sometimes (with hindsight) act stupid.
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