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