MI5, Britain's security service, is steeling itself for criticism over London's July 7 bombings in a long-awaited report from the parliamentary intelligence and security committee, writes Richard Norton-Taylor.
Leaks are beginning to emerge - the latest was to the BBC today. Under a headline on its website proclaiming "Security 'not at fault on July 7'", the BBC said MI5 could not be blamed for the attacks. But it is not as simple as that.
MI5 has told the committee, which meets in private, that there was an intelligence gap - which is obvious - but not an intelligence failure. MI5 argued that, given the resources at its disposal, it could not have watched Mohammed Sidique Khan, leader of the July 7 suicide bombers. He had come to the notice of MI5 but was suspected of fraud, not considered a serious a threat.
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