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To: one_less who wrote (23775)	9/17/2004 3:29:37 PM
From: geode00	Respond to of 173976

US apologizes for leaks. Bush: politics job #1, security job #1001. guardian.co.uk Richard Norton-Taylor Friday September 17, 2004 The Guardian President Bush's chief domestic security official yesterday apologised for the disruption of a big MI5 and police surveillance operation in Britain. Tom Ridge, the homeland security secretary, said the leaking of intelligence in the US about alleged terrorist suspects here was "regrettable". Mr Ridge was speaking to journalists in London before meeting David Blunkett and Sir David Omand, the prime minister's security and intelligence coordinator. Whitehall was furious early last month when individuals were named and allegations about terrorist attacks were made public in the US. The claims, about putative attacks on buildings in the US and on British targets, including Heathrow, were based on information found on the computers of an alleged al-Qaida sympathiser in Pakistan. The disclosures forced the police to quickly arrest 12 suspects in raids across England. In Blackburn, Lancashire, armed officers pulled two men out of a Mercedes, and in Luton, Bedfordshire, neighbours told how dozens of police had halted a red Nissan in a residential street and pinned the driver against the door for almost three hours. Anti-terrorist officials here have been seriously concerned about the disclosure of infor mation in America which, they say, could prejudice the outcome of prosecutions. They are also unhappy about the frequency of public warnings in the US about possible attacks - something which, say Whitehall officials, could lead to the dangers of "crying wolf" or "threat fatigue"......