tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post2188001328641163677..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Trust Us, We Can’t Tell You WhyTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-68897194277825062052013-11-08T14:27:13.257+00:002013-11-08T14:27:13.257+00:00Someone once said there are two types of news, wha...Someone once said there are two types of news, what they tell us and what they don't want us to know about. With this lot that gets a bit more complicated because they don't want us to know about the stuff they do tell us! But sticking to the general theory, they threw in some snippets about 34 success stories and the people responsible for those successes deserve a pat on the back (obviously we can't afford a bonus scheme). But that leaves the stuff that isn't such good news. Exactly who examines their failure rate? Clearly the MPs are too scared to ask. How many plots didn't happen because of other causes (or blind luck as we should see it)? How many innocent people were wrongly targetted and what resources were tied up with them?<br /><br />This current fiasco with the guy on the run from the TPIM controls seems to raise questions which I haven't heard asked. According to BBC he was wearing a tag. Probably true, it seems to be standard. He cut the tag off whilst in the mosque and it set off the tamper alarm. And then the MI5/ CTU team outside stormed in?? No. It seems the tag was handled in the same way as one for a 17 year old grafitti merchant who isn't allowed out at night. It was fitted by a commercial operator (presumably one of those currently under investigation for fraud...) and the alarm went off in their control room not MI5s. And the first thing they did, like any normal low risk criminal, was to phone him to check he was OK !!!! Only when they got no reply did they tell the police. By which time he was probably two postcodes away. I would be interested to know how long a delay there was between the alarm activating and those outside finding out about it. But no-one will ask because highlighting poor practise "will aid the enemy".SteveBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-33474376353635253672013-11-08T12:10:06.944+00:002013-11-08T12:10:06.944+00:00"Where was he when Jimmy Savile and Stuart Ha..."Where was he when Jimmy Savile and Stuart Hall were on the prowl?"<br /><br />Political/establishment connections require greater secrecy? It makes you wonder exactly who is protecting who?<br /><br />I could hazard a guess - but presumably he, or whoever in charge at time, couldn't possibly comment?<br /> robnoreply@blogger.com