Sunday, November 20, 2005

London bombings: �British intelligence was woeful ... and that was all the government�s fault / Sunday Herald, 20 Nov 2005

http://www.sundayherald.com/52933
"THE conduct of the British police and intelligence services over the July 7 London bombings was a 'massive failure from start to finish' for which the government must take the blame. This withering criticism comes from Crispin Black, who worked for the Joint Intelligence Committee, was an army lieutenant colonel, a military intelligence officer, a member of the Defence Intelligence Staff and a Cabinet Office intelligence analyst who briefed Number 10 on terrorism. Black says the bombings made UK spies appear 'laughable' and left the police looking like 'the Keystone Cops'. "