MI5 FOUND BLAMELESS IN 7/7

Disappointing, but not unexpected.

The BBC has learned that an "investigation" by the Intelligence and Security Committee found that intelligence and security services cannot be blamed for the attacks on London on 7th July last year.

Just this year we found out that Kahn was under surveillance for at least two months after he returned from a known terrorist training camp, and was taped talking of joining Jihad and committing fraud to raise funds for terrorism. His name was later passed on to MI5 by the Saudis who had intercepted communications with a known al-Qaeda terrorist which indicated that Kahn was potentially involved in a plot to bomb London Underground. If I had received that info from the Saudis I would have at the very least put Kahn back under surveillance, if not picked up and questioned. This info from the Saudis was received shortly before 7/7. What would Kahn have done if he had been picked up and questioned under anti-terrorism laws? Or are these only for use against hecklers at Labour Party Conferences?

But no. MI5 had more important things to do, like send telegrams to the CIA informing them that two people on a trip to Gambia, who MI5 knew were innocent, were potential terrorists, which led to their extraordinary rendition to a jail cell in Afghanistan where they were tortured. Or allow the IRA to buy infrared devices for bombs to be used against civilians. Or allow the publication of several Islamic extremist papers inciting suicide bombings.