article_snippet: The Mail on Sunday has been aware of the alleged plot for more than a year but agreed to previous requests from the security services not to publish the story for 'national security' reasons.
article_snippet: This newspaper is aware of the man's identity and further details of the investigation but are not printing the man's identity and further details of the investigation for legal reasons.
article_snippet: The security services refuse to answer such questions because The security services stick by a strict policy to 'neither confirm nor deny' whether individuals have been approached or recruited – a policy individuals stick to even after suspects have been accused of serious crimes.
article_snippet: However, no firearms were discovered linking Scotland Yard's firearms unit to a plot and a plot appears the security services' fears of an imminent attack were unfounded.
article_snippet: There has been growing concern from within the security services that there could be 'blow-back' from the conflict in Syria, where hundreds of young Britons have joined the fighting.