The Intelligence and Security Committee today published their report into the London July bombings. The report blames a lack of resources for the for the Security Services failure to prevent the attacks which killed fifty two people.
As a consequence of ongoing Police investigations into the events of 21 July 2005, some of which remain sub judice, the report focuses on the events of July 7th.
Concerns are also raised that “across the whole of the counter-terrorism community the development of the home-grown threat and the radicalisation of British citizens were not fully understood”.
A lack of resources is cited as the main reason for the failure to detect the plot.
The full report – ‘Intelligence and Security Committee Report into the London Terrorist Attacks on 7 July 2005’ – can be downloaded from the Cabinet Office website.