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| Airline terror trial: US 'undermined British investigation' |
| 2009-09-08 |
| The police investigation into the al-Qaeda airline bomb plot was undermined after the US pressurised Pakistan to arrest the suspected ringleader Rashid Rauf, it has emerged |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #3 This from the same guys who waved classified documents in public? Pot, meet Kettle. |
| Posted by: Skunky Glins 5*** 2009-09-08 18:59 |
| #2 I think they wanted to wait a few more months, or years, to be absolutely sure. Post-attack, ideally. At least until the investigations had reached a nice round £50m of taxpayers' money. /sarc These guys had taped their own suicide pr0n videos and were wading in incriminating evidence up to their knees - why the hell did it have to take some much time and money to put the tools behind bars?! |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2009-09-08 12:25 |
| #1 Let me see if I understand this correctly.... The police investigation, in and of itself, was more important than the safety of thousands of air travelers? Is that it? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2009-09-08 07:50 |