'' The Terrorist Hunters '' is highly critical of the government 's emergency committee , known as COBR , of which Hayman was often a member , for spending " too much time discussing politics and not enough on urgent operational matters . " Hayman describes COBRA in the book and in interviews with '' The Times '' as " cumbersome , bureaucratic and overly political . " Hayman also discusses Sir Ian Blair , former Met Commissioner , whom he described as a friend but of whom he later became highly critical in relation to a statement by the commissioner regarding the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes , a Brazilian national who was mistakenly shot dead by CO19 officers on the London underground after being misidentified as a suicide bomber the day after the failed 21 July 2005 London bombings . He also questions whether his role and the role of other intelligence and emergency service officials attending the meetings were taken seriously enough and recalls an exchange with Patricia Hewitt , then Secretary of State for Health during a COBRA meeting in the immediate aftermath of the 7 July bombings , about the number of scenes at which the bombers had struck
21 July 2005 London bombings
21 July 2005 London bombings
The Terrorist Hunters