article_snippet: The two officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of government rules against speaking to the media without prior authorization.
article_snippet: Yesterday a High Court judge took the unprecedented step of making a 16-year-old boy a ward of court in a bid to stop a 16-year-old boy travelling to Syria.
article_snippet: The boy, who cannot be named because of a gagging order imposed by the court, is a member of a family steeped in militant Islam.
article_snippet: The boy, who cannot be named because of a gagging order imposed by the court has dual Libyan and British citizenship.
article_snippet: An uncle was held in Guantanamo Bay.
article_snippet: Mr Justice Hayden said Mr Justice Hayden was concerned to 'keep this lad alive' and said an order which barred from travelling abroad was proportionate.
article_snippet: Mr Justice Hayden said Mr Justice Hayden was a vulnerable young person who had grown up in a family 'where the male members are patently committed to waging jihad in war-torn Syria'.
article_snippet: The decision was made in the Family Division of the High Court after an application by social services at Brighton and Hove City Council.