‘Furious’ British Police Suspend Intelligence Sharing with US Following Manchester Bombing Leaks

Breitbart ^ | 05/25/2017 | Oliver JJ Lane

[ForYourChildren]

The world’s closest intelligence sharing arrangement is in jeopardy after key details and photographs from the Manchester bombing were apparently leaked by United States’s law enforcement sources to domestic journalists, leaving Manchester Police and the British government — who are collecting and analysing the finds — “furious”.

The United Kingdom has now stopped passing intelligence gathered as part of the investigation into the Manchester bombing to the United States according to claims made by the British state broadcaster BBC.

While British police had discovered the identity of Salman Abedi, the suicide bomber who killed 22 in Manchester on Monday, the name was withheld from the media initially for operational reasons. Yet less than 24 hours after the attack took place, American newspapers citing “government sources” were able to name the attacker.

Later further leaked intelligence including detailed crime scene information, and photographs of shrapnel, a backpack, and a battery were released by The New York Times. The BBC report states the “likely” culprit of the leaks are U.S. law enforcement officials who will have received access to the data through the transatlantic ‘Five Eyes’ intelligence sharing agreement, rather than the White House.

The nature and speed of the leaks by these U.S. officials have caused “disbelief and astonishment” in the British government.

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[griswold3]

This pattern also occurred during the Obama Administration. It is a huge problem. What to do about ambitious folk, officials and reporters, who seek celebrity with such actions?

[basalt]

just a awful awful pick for AG.....media cowed him to recuse himself from anything Russia, he could have stopped that idiotic story from day 1...now, they got a special council...literally threw his power right out the window. Hes to old and from a different time. This is a death match and they are out for Trumps blood. Trumps needs a killer at AG..

[dfwgator]

Biggest disappointment of anyone in this Administration. Feeble.

[basalt]

being perfectly honest, i also blame Trump and the people around him. I really think Trump thought they were going to treat him fairly after he won. You had to know they were going to be livid with rage. Oddly, the way Trump campaigned, looks like he kinda let his guard down....Comey and rest should have been fired day one....hes out there defending himself and hes getting close to being trapped....something needs to change and damn fast.