I go out of town for an extended weekend and the whole world seems to fall to pieces! How am I supposed to comment and post on all that happened? Even worse, I have to be gone this weekend, also. I might get to post once or twice, but I will probably not get anything until Tuesday.
Have a nice weekend!
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3196700430
London, 9 April (AKI) - Britain's top anti-terror policeman Bob Quick resigned on Thursday after inadvertently exposing top-secret documents that forced police to immediately carry out a major anti-terror operation against Al-Qaeda suspects across England."I have this morning with great reluctance and sadness as chairman of the Metropolitan Police Authority accepted Bob Quick's resignation as head of counter terrorism," said London's mayor Boris Johnson speaking to BBC Radio on Thursday.
"John Yates is going to be appointed and I think he will do a first class job," Johnson added.
Quick revealed highly sensitive papers to photographers on Wednesday as he stepped out of a vehicle on his way to UK prime minister Gordon Brown's residence in London.
The exposure of key details of the planned anti-terror operation forced police to immediately carry out raids and arrest 12 people overnight on Wednesday in northwest England.
The papers contained details about the operation, including the names and nationality of the suspects as well as the location where the raids would take place.
Anti-terror police searches continued across the country on Thursday.
Those arrested included 10 Pakistani nationals on student visas who were allegedly involved in an Al-Qaeda linked plot.
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