London Plot Unraveling - Not Enough Evidence To Charge All Suspects

[kpete]

London Plott Unraveling
Prescott lets slip that some suspects won't face serious charges
By Graeme Wilson and Philip Johnston

John Prescott let slip yesterday that some of the 24 people arrested last week over the alleged transatlantic terror plot will not face serious charges.

The Deputy Prime Minister made the admission during talks with Labour's Muslim MPs on how best to tackle Islamic extremism. During the 90-minute meeting, Mr Prescott briefed the MPs that the police only had enough evidence to bring serious charges against some suspects but not others.

His comments are likely to infuriate officers involved in the huge investigation into the alleged plans to detonate bombs on flights. They came as the police made a further arrest in the Thames Valley area under the Terrorism Act 2000. Concern had already been voiced about Government interference after the Treasury last week published the names of 19 suspects whose assets had been frozen after the arrests.

Khalid Mahmood, the MP for Birmingham Perry Barr, said Mr Prescott had briefed the MPs about the police investigation in the wake of last week's arrests. "The assessment was that there will be some people who would face reasonable charges, they have sufficient information to do that," said Mr Mahmood. "Some may face serious charges but some will not."

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[uppityperson]

1. Was it real and had to move due to *, or was it fake?

Did Mr.bush make us "safer" again by demanding they arrest people fast? Or was it totally fake? Waiting to hear more over time.

[DRoseDARs]

2. So either this whole operation was bungled or the Bush Administration...

...has once again screwed-up a major investigation for the sake of play politics.

[Imagevision]

3. I give it another 3-4 weeks to fade into oblivion, no wonder Tony

remained on vacation, 2-3 more weeks and the story will fade into oblivion...

[partylessinOhio]

4. Looks like these people were "profiled" and the profile didn't fit.

Remember the reports that Bush pressured the Brits to act when they wanted to wait to get more evidence. So the blame goes to Bush. He really does need to be impeached for so many, many reasons.

[tanyev]

5. At least Chertoff, Mueller and Gonzo got to have their smug press event.

That seems to be all that really matters.

[Botany]

6. Let George Do It

Way to go bush ..... the suspects were under 24 hour police watch and
President ADD screws up it up because Joe Leiberman got beat in the
Democratic Primary in CT.

Keep telling everybody how you are making us safe from terror.